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Ian Burnet talking at ‘Better Read than Dead’

Posted on January 21, 2019 by

 

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Oost-Indisch Huis (East India House)

Posted on September 17, 2018 by

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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The forgotten Indonesian island that was swapped for Manhattan

Posted on July 30, 2017 by

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

Posted on July 18, 2017 by

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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Ubud Writers and Readers Festival – An Indonesian Trilogy

Posted on October 28, 2016 by

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 →

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Ian Burnet at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2016

Posted on September 26, 2016 by

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 →

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Pulau Kumba is erupting!

Posted on July 12, 2016 by

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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