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The forgotten Indonesian island that was swapped for Manhattan
Today, July 31, 2017, is the 350 year anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Breda which ended the second Anglo-Dutch war. Included in the Treaty was an agreement to exchange the Dutch claim to the island of Manhattan … Continue reading
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East Indies – A Story of Spices, Gunpowder and Opium
News Update. East Indies is now out in a paperback edition and available on order from your favorite bookstore or your favorite online retailer for A$29.95. In 1497 Vasco da Gama rounded the Cape of Good Hope, his small Portuguese … Continue reading
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Tagged ambon, banda, batavia, East India Company, east indies, hong kong, ian burnet, malacca, rhun, singapore
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RHUNHATTAN – A Tale of Two Islands
With the 350 year anniversary of the 1667 Treaty of Breda coming up on July 31 there was a lot of interest in Beatrice Glow’s historical art installation the Rhunhattan Tearoom that was posted last month. Beatrice Glow and … Continue reading
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The Manhattan Transfer and the Rhunhattan Tearoom
This year on 31 July 2017 we will record the 350 year anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Breda in 1667 which ended the second Anglo-Dutch war. In one of the clauses in this document the Dutch exchanged … Continue reading
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Around the fishmarket at Banda Neira
The fact that on our Seatrek voyages we can sail for 10 days around the Banda Sea from Flores to the Banda Islands and not see another ship tells you how isolated these islands really are. The pristine waters make … Continue reading
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Tagged banda, banda islands, banda neira, ian burnet, martin truefitt-baker
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Terra Australis 1606 ( podcast with maps)
Please follow the link to see a talk given recently at the Royal Australian Historical Society on the first European discovery or sighting of Australia in 1606 by the Dutch voyage led by Willem Janzoon and the Spanish voyage led … Continue reading
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Tagged banda, dutch east india company, ian burnet, Luis Vaz de Torres, terra australis, VOC, willem janzoon
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Giant nutmegs found in Singapore!
Long before it became a temple to the gods of conspicuous consumption, Orchard Road in Singapore was named after the orchards and nutmeg plantations that were developed there in the early 1800’s. Nutmegs only grew in the Spice Islands of … Continue reading
