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Tag Archives: maluku
Searching for Sultan Sayfoedin of Tidore
When I was researching the book Spice Islands I came across an arresting image used in a pamphlet to advertise an exhibition at the Rijksmuseum. After more research I found it was from a painting of Sultan Sayfoedin of Tidore … Continue reading
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Tagged ian burnet, maluku, moluccas, rijksmuseum, spice islands, sultan tidore, tidore
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When the Australian Lillipilly Collides with Asia
You’re probably familiar with the sight of a lillipilly bush. This hardy Australian staple – a glossy evergreen bearing powder-puff flowers and clusters of bright berries – features in many a garden hedge. But you may not know this humble … Continue reading
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Tagged cloves, dutch east india company, ian burnet, lillipilly, maluku, moluccas, spice islands, ternate
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A French Voyage to the Spice Islands 1838
From 1837 to 1840 the French vessels Astrolabe and Zellee commanded by Dumont d’Urville conducted a scientific expedition around the Pacific including a visit to the Moluccan Islands of Ternate, Ambon, Banda and Ceram. The official ship’s artist had died … Continue reading
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Tagged ambon, astrolabe, banda, ceram, ian burnet, maluku, moluccas, spice islands, ternate, zellee
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An Indonesian Market
How much fun is an Indonesian market? Lively, full of fun and friendly banter as the vendors (mainly women) sell their fish, fruit, and vegetables from their kitchen gardens. This market is on the island of Saparua in Maluku, Eastern … Continue reading
Where Australia Collides with Asia – the latest book review
Ian Burnet, with his thirty years’ personal experience in the culture and history of the area, gives competent, intelligent and entertaining accounts of the voyages of the three main protagonists whose discoveries transformed our understanding of the processes of evolution … Continue reading
Explore the Spice Islands
This is your chance to explore the Spice Islands with Coral Expeditions at a special discount rate.
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Tagged banda, coral expeditions, fort belgica, ian burnet, maluku, moluccas, spice islands
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Toko Buku – Bill Dalton’s Review of ‘Where Australia Collides with Asia’
This ambitious, sweeping history surveys both the cataclysmic shifts of continents and also the lives of some of the world’s greatest scientist-explorers. The story, as told in the book’s Prologue, begins as the Australian land mass breaks away from Antarctica … Continue reading
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Tagged alfred russel wallace, bill dalton, charles darwin, gondwanaland, ian burnet, joseph banks, maluku, moluccas, walacea, wallace line
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Mapping where Australia collides with Asia
This map from the University of California, San Diego, shows both height above sea level and depth below sea level. The height above sea level is a direct measurement from NASA altimetry data. The water depth below sea level is … Continue reading
The Alfred Russel Wallace Website
Ian Burnet has asked me to post the Prologue of his new book Where Australia Collides with Asia -The Epic Voyages of Joseph Banks, Charles Darwin, Alfred Russel Wallace and the Origin of On The Origin of Species, so here … Continue reading
‘Where Australia Collides with Asia’ – Jakarta Post book review
Don’t be confused by the title. Ian Burnet’s latest book, Where Australia Collides with Asia is not about the clash of civilizations. It is the story of how continental drift has created the world in which we live, and, in … Continue reading
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