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‘East Indies’ at the Australian National Maritime Museum

Posted on January 28, 2014 by

Book launch: East Indies book talk by Ian Burnet Sunday 16 February 2014| 2 pm – 4 pm A fascinating talk about the spice trade and its little known associated collateral. It documents the 200 year struggle between the Portuguese … Continue reading →

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‘East Indies’ at the Kunstkring Paleis, Sunday February 9

Posted on January 19, 2014 by

East Indies —- Book Review When you read East Indies by Ian Burnet, you can almost smell exotic spices over salt spray and wet wood of the ships that transported the goods back to Europe. Following on from his previous … Continue reading →

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‘East Indies’ — The first book reviews have started coming out

Posted on January 16, 2014 by

The book reviews for ‘East Indies’ have started coming out and here is what they say: East Indies —- Book Review When you read East Indies by Ian Burnet, you can almost smell exotic spices over salt spray and wet … Continue reading →

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Fort Nieuw Victoria — Ambon

Posted on December 9, 2013 by

With a few days to spare before the departure of the Spice Islands Sailing Adventure 2013, I had time to explore Ambon and Fort Nieuw Victoria. A fort on this location was built by the Portuguese in the 1500’s and … Continue reading →

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Spice Islands Sailing Adventure — 2013

Posted on December 4, 2013 by

This year we had a multinational group of 5 Canadians, 6 Australians, 3 English, 2 Dutch and 2 Germans making up our passenger list, we were ably led by our guides Jennifer and Arif, and the whole crew of the … Continue reading →

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‘East Indies’ Book Launch September 21, 2013

Posted on October 10, 2013 by

<img src="https://spiceislandsblog.files.wordpress.com   Adrian Vickers (Professor of South East Asian Studies at Sydney University) kindly launched the book ‘East Indies’ in front of an audience of 60 attendees at Gleebooks in Sydney. Here is the link to the video showing … Continue reading →

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Ian Burnet: The Spice Trades’ untold stories —— from Tempo Magazine, September 8 2013

Posted on September 25, 2013 by

Very early on in his life, Ian Burnet knew he was destined for a life of adventure. Growing up in a small isolated country town in his native Australia instilled in him an obsessive ambition to get out of town … Continue reading →

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