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Tag Archives: east indies
Book Review from the Joseph Conrad Society of America
The following is an extract from a book review in Joseph Conrad Today a publication of the Joseph Conrad Society of America. Ian Burnet’s book, published this year, is a very welcome addition to a complex area of Conrad’s life … Continue reading
Yes – Miracles can happen!
Miracles don’t often happen but a miracle happened when I first made contact with David Rosenberg and Rosenberg Publishing, as he shared my vision of publishing my book Spice Islands with the maps and images embedded in the text. So … Continue reading
Talking about the Spice Islands – with Janet de Neefe and Ian Burnet
For those who missed the talk on Instagram Live last week, then here is a link to the conversation between Janet de Neefe and Ian Burnet about Spices, the Spice Islands and Indonesia’s extraordinary maritime history.
Ian Burnet talking at ‘Better Read than Dead’
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Tagged archipelago, east indies, ian burnet, spice islands, Where Australia Collides with Asia
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Oost-Indisch Huis (East India House)
East India House in Amsterdam, built in 1606, was the first building especially built for the United East India Company (VOC) and was the centre of all its business activities. The buildings have been preserved and are now part of … Continue reading
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Tagged ambon, batavia, east indies, east indies house, frederick de houtman, gentlemen seventeen, ian burnet, oost indisch huis
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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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Tagged banda, east indies, ian burnet, rhun, run, spice islands, treaty of breda
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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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Ubud Writers and Readers Festival – An Indonesian Trilogy
A large crowd gathered at the Festival Club at Bar Luna on Thursday evening for an island-hopping adventure across Indonesia with voyager and historian Ian Burnet. The moderator, Toni Pollard, interviewed Ian about his three books on Indonesia – Spice … Continue reading
Ian Burnet at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2016
The 13th UWRF will be held 26–30 October, 2016, celebrating the theme Tat Tvam Asi or ‘I am you, you are me’. This powerful ideology is crucial to the collective identity of Indonesia – uniting people from incredibly diverse religious, ethnic, cultural and historical backgrounds … Continue reading
Pulau Kumba is erupting!
Kumba Island lies in the Banda Sea of Eastern Indonesia and north of the island of Lembata. The island must be sitting over a hot spot in the earth’s mantle as it seems to have been active over many years. … Continue reading
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