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Fish bones, tools and the marks left by wooden posts lay in the same ground, above a small beach on the island's southwest coast. A separate rock shelter, PA11, reaches much farther back: its occupation evidence dates to roughly 7,700 years ago. People had crossed open water to reach these islands long before pottery appeared at the later settlement. Banda was never joined to the Asian or Australian continents by a land bridge, even when sea levels were lower. Ai's potters changed their vessels over generations. Early pots had thin walls and long, outward-turning rims, a form suited to storing liquids. Later pots were thicker, with coarser material mixed into the clay and shorter rims that could withstand cooking. Many early surfaces were covered with red slip; this treatment became less common in later deposits. A few fragments had geometric incisions or impressed decoration. Meals changed too. The earliest PA1 deposits contained very little mammal bone beside abundant fish remains. Domesticated pigs became much more important several centuries into the settlement's life; a few dog bones were also recovered. Small chert flakes and scrapers lay among the pottery, together with pieces of obsidian. The obsidian did not match the known comparison sources tested by the researchers, so its point of origin was left unidentified. S02 · 3,500-year-old pumpkin spice? Archaeologists find earliest use of nutmeg as a food URL https://www.washington.edu/news/2018/10/03/3500-year-old-pumpkin-spice-archaeologists-find-earliest-use-of-nutmeg-as-a-food/ Loads yes Language English Access Free full English HTML Offline Needs internet Download Browser save/print; no redistribution licence established Summary Accessible institutional account of Ai household archaeology and early nutmeg use. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported On Pulau Ai, someone was cooking with nutmeg about 3,500 years ago. Traces remained on broken pottery at a settlement archaeologists call PA1. Sago and purple yam were among the other plants used there. Fish bones, tools and the marks left by wooden posts lay in the same ground, above a small beach on the island's southwest coast. The open settlement was largely abandoned around 2,300 years ago. The excavation team had not identified another Bandanese site covering the entire following gap in settlement evidence. Permanent residence required arrangements for food and stored water that occasional fishing visits did not. The researchers suggested that earlier visitors may have come from Seram, the nearest large island, bringing the seafaring knowledge needed for repeated crossings. S03 · Political dynamics and religious change in the late pre-colonial Banda Islands, Eastern Indonesia URL https://faculty.washington.edu/plape/pubs/World%20Archaeology%2032%281%29%202000.pdf Loads yes Language English Access Free full English PDF Offline Needs internet Download PDF downloadable; redistribution licence not established Summary Ceramics, Asian texts, settlement history, religious difference and political relations before conquest. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported A separate rock shelter, PA11, reaches much farther back: its occupation evidence dates to roughly 7,700 years ago. People had crossed open water to reach these islands long before pottery appeared at the later settlement. Banda was never joined to the Asian or Australian continents by a land bridge, even when sea levels were lower. Centuries later, imported dishes entered Bandanese homes. A fragment of Chinese pottery came from a Neira deposit dated between 560 and 770 CE. Banda appears by name in the Chinese Dade Nanhai zhi of 1304 and the Javanese Desawarnana of 1365. Growers, merchants and visiting crews connected the islands with markets far beyond the Banda Sea. Religious life differed between neighbouring settlements. At one Neira site, the absence of pig remains from around 1200 CE led Peter Lape to suggest an early Muslim community. Nearby Labbetacca yielded pig bones and burned human remains interpreted as cremation burials. Written accounts and archaeology give different dates for Islam's arrival; conversion took place unevenly, rather than in a single event. Colonial estate lists eventually counted 31 nutmeg plantations on Ai. Its ground differs from the volcanic soils of Banda's central islands: Ai is uplifted limestone, with a flatter, drier landscape. Nutmeg cultivation spread over this ground as well as the steep central slopes. Fortifications and estate boundaries divided the same small island between the military post and the land growing its export crop. S04 · Archaeological approaches to the study of Islam in Island Southeast Asia URL https://faculty.washington.edu/plape/pubs/lape-antiquity.pdf Loads yes Language English Access Free full English PDF Offline Needs internet Download PDF downloadable; redistribution licence not established Summary Dietary remains, village comparisons and conversion to Islam in Banda. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported Religious life differed between neighbouring settlements. At one Neira site, the absence of pig remains from around 1200 CE led Peter Lape to suggest an early Muslim community. Nearby Labbetacca yielded pig bones and burned human remains interpreted as cremation burials. Written accounts and archaeology give different dates for Islam's arrival; conversion took place unevenly, rather than in a single event. Pork avoidance was only one clue to the later religious landscape. In the settlement with the long pig-eating sequence, leaders lacked the Muslim title imam found in other villages. Lape compared these differences across 21 sites on three islands, alongside maps and early descriptions of village alliances. The sites included mapped villages later abandoned under Dutch occupation, allowing excavated material to be compared with accounts of named communities. S05 · The Northern Spice Islands in prehistory, from 40,000 years ago to the recent past URL https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/n5444/pdf/ch13.pdf Loads yes Language English Access Free full English PDF Offline Needs internet Download Downloadable CC BY-NC-ND book chapter; keep unchanged and credit full publication Summary Golo Cave and Uattamdi evidence for occupation, tools, pottery and the metal-using phase. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported Farther north, Golo Cave on Gebe holds a much older sequence of human activity, reaching back about 35,000–36,000 years. Excavations there recovered worked shell and stone, followed in later deposits by bone tools and shell adzes with ground cutting edges. At Uattamdi on Kayoa, red-slipped pottery and shell ornaments appeared roughly 3,000–3,300 years ago. Metal objects, glass beads and jar burials followed in the next millennium. S06 · Syzygium aromaticum URL https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:601421-1/general-information Loads yes Language English Access Free full English HTML Offline Needs internet Download Native-range data openly licensed; descriptive text third-party rights vary Summary Clove tree native range and the structure of its harvested flower buds. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported A clove is a flower stopped before it opens. The dried bud comes from Syzygium aromaticum, a tree native to Maluku. Cargoes of these buds passed through Ambon's ports, where coastal rulers dealt with merchants and military allies. Hitu, on the northern peninsula, already had its own political interests when European fleets entered the trade. S07 · 1621: Violence and depopulation on the Banda Islands URL https://pala.westfriesmuseum.nl/1621-2/1621-article/?lang=en Loads yes Language English Access Free full HTML; no login Offline Needs internet Download Browser save/print possible; no open redistribution license established Summary An illustrated museum essay follows Bandanese alliances, Dutch conquest, executions, enslavement and survival beyond Banda. Reuse Copyright; no reuse permission established Claims supported A clove is a flower stopped before it opens. The dried bud comes from Syzygium aromaticum, a tree native to Maluku. Cargoes of these buds passed through Ambon's ports, where coastal rulers dealt with merchants and military allies. Hitu, on the northern peninsula, already had its own political interests when European fleets entered the trade. In 1605, the Hituese invited Dutch help against the Portuguese. The VOC took the Portuguese fort and secured an agreement requiring Hitu's cloves to be sold exclusively to the company; a fixed price followed. Hitu's rulers had gained an armed ally whose demands reached into the crop, the harvest and the choice of buyer. Clove cultivation centred on five small volcanic islands off Halmahera: Ternate, Tidore, Moti, Makian and Bacan. The sultanates of Ternate and Tidore built political and trading networks across the surrounding seas. In 1607, the VOC established a fort on Ternate to support its sultan against Spanish forces coming from the Philippines. Military assistance secured the company a claim to buy all cloves from the sultan's territories. The capture in 1616 killed and displaced islanders. Crowded boats tried to leave at night and people drowned during the crossing. As Dutch troops approached the last stronghold, defenders escaped down cliffs towards waiting boats; some fell to their deaths. The new fortification was built over the defeated community's stronghold, and company troops occupied an almost emptied island. The VOC brought in people to replace those who had fled. Among them were 450 people from Siau, including their ruler, who had been deceived or coerced aboard a Dutch ship and transported south. Shortages and poor treatment followed. Most escaped quickly. Other arrivals came from Gujarat and Solor, together with Spanish prisoners of war. Fort Nassau executions occurred on 8 May 1621 44 surviving orang kaya were convicted under Martinus Sonck Japanese mercenaries carried out the executions The prisoners were Lontor community leaders Coen led the 1621 VOC conquest The campaign used capture, deportation, pursuit and starvation The VOC killed, enslaved and expelled much of the population Modern scholarship calls the campaign genocide Bandanese refugees on Seram continued resistance Banda Eli and Banda Elat are on Kei Besar Descendants maintain Bandanese language and migration histories The diaspora maintained regional networks Verhoeff began Fort Nassau without permission in 1609 Bandanese negotiators killed Verhoeff in an ambush The fleet retaliated against settlements and boats Fort Nassau was completed before the August agreement S08 · Companies and Spices URL https://amboyna.org/exhibit/companies-and-spices.html Loads yes Language English Access Free full English HTML Offline Needs internet Download Browser save/print; redistribution licence not established Summary Company founding dates, chartered powers, protection treaties and coercion. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported The companies arriving from Europe carried powers beyond buying and selling. The English East India Company, founded in 1600, and the Dutch VOC, founded in 1602, could wage war and negotiate treaties. Protection agreements became instruments for excluding rival buyers. Forts and soldiers enforced claims that merchants could not secure through price alone. S09 · Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 1. General Account and List of Stations URL https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/317819 Loads yes Language English Access Free full PDF Offline Works offline — Full published PDF · CC BY 4.0 Download Works offline: unchanged CC BY4 research paper already bundled Summary Rumphius biography and history of marine research followed by a technical expedition journal and stations. Begin with the historical sections. Reuse CC BY 4.0 Claims supported On Ambon's shores, Georg Eberhard Rumphius collected shells and studied plants while employed by the VOC. His work grew into the Ambonese Herbal and the Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet. He wrote about local names, useful plants and marine animals. Islanders' knowledge, specimens and assistance entered a body of work that later naturalists returned to Ambon to investigate. Rumphius lost his sight in 1670. Four years later, an earthquake killed his wife and youngest daughter while they were watching Chinese New Year celebrations. A town fire in 1687 destroyed his house, drawings and many manuscripts. He continued with assistants. The first six books of his Herbal were later lost when the ship carrying them to Europe sank; a copy made in Batavia allowed the work to survive. His Curiosity Cabinet appeared in 1705, after his death, and the Herbal followed between 1741 and 1750. In 1990, a biohistorical expedition worked again at Ambon collecting places associated with his descriptions. Its station lists connect named beaches, bays and village shores with particular collections. S10 · The Malay Archipelago — chapter XX URL library/reader.html#wallace-xx Loads yes Language English Access Complete historical chapter in the Wallace reader Offline Works offline — Complete historical chapter in Reading room Download False Summary Original nineteenth-century travel and natural-history account. Reuse Public domain text Claims supported Historical Wallace excerpt attributed to its original chapter; historical observations are not current visitor conditions. S11 · An Ambonese Account on the Arrival of the Portuguese URL https://benjaminlmoseley.com/2019/11/08/an-ambonese-account-on-the-arrival-of-the-portuguese/ Loads yes Language English Access Free full English annotated translation plus Malay original Offline Needs internet Download Browser save/print; translation redistribution licence not established Summary Rijali authorship and exile; translated encounter, hospitality, trade, disputes and relocation. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported Rijali, a Hituese imam, wrote the Hikayat Tanah Hitu while exiled in Makassar between 1647 and 1653. His account of the Portuguese arrival begins with islanders finding unfamiliar sailors in a boat and taking them to Jamilu, one of Hitu's leaders. Hospitality led to trade and gifts of cloth. Later, after drunken newcomers caused trouble in the market, Hitu's leaders moved them elsewhere. The chronicle was written in Malay using Jawi, an Arabic-derived script. S12 · The rise and decline of the Spice Islands URL https://open.sydneyuniversitypress.com.au/9781743325445/pfp-the-rise-and-decline-of-the-spice-islands.html Loads yes Language English Access Free full English HTML Offline Needs internet Download Browser save/print available; redistribution licence not established Summary The northern clove islands and political, linguistic and trading connections with New Guinea. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported Clove cultivation centred on five small volcanic islands off Halmahera: Ternate, Tidore, Moti, Makian and Bacan. The sultanates of Ternate and Tidore built political and trading networks across the surrounding seas. In 1607, the VOC established a fort on Ternate to support its sultan against Spanish forces coming from the Philippines. Military assistance secured the company a claim to buy all cloves from the sultan's territories. S13 · Collecting and trading in the Raja Empat Islands, the Bird’s Head and Cendrawasih Bay URL https://open.sydneyuniversitypress.com.au/9781743325445/pfp-collecting-and-trading-in-the-raja-empat-islands-the-birds-head-and-cendrawasih-bay.html#Chapter7 Loads yes Language English Access Free full English HTML; directly fetched HTTP 200 Offline Needs internet Download Browser save/print available; redistribution licence not established Summary Rumphius plume sources around Sorong, Waigeo commerce and the exchange networks of Raja Ampat. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported Bird-of-paradise skins travelled west from New Guinea through Raja Ampat towards Tidore. Waigeo communities carried sago and pearl shell to Salawati and Tidore, while coastal traders connected island buyers with hunters inland. On Ambon, Rumphius obtained plumes said to come from Sergile, the area around present-day Sorong. Cloth and metal tools travelled east in exchange. These Papuan routes fed into the same Malukan ports that handled the spice trade. S14 · Flights of fancy: The bird of paradise and its cultural impact URL https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-southeast-asian-studies/article/flights-of-fancy-the-bird-of-paradise-and-its-cultural-impact/4622573F050E7B15FF75485C28AC9678 Loads yes Language English Access Free full English article body Offline Needs internet Download Needs internet; redistribution licence not established Summary Tidore and Raja Ampat trade, coastal intermediaries, bird skins, cloth and iron goods. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported Bird-of-paradise skins travelled west from New Guinea through Raja Ampat towards Tidore. Waigeo communities carried sago and pearl shell to Salawati and Tidore, while coastal traders connected island buyers with hunters inland. On Ambon, Rumphius obtained plumes said to come from Sergile, the area around present-day Sorong. Cloth and metal tools travelled east in exchange. These Papuan routes fed into the same Malukan ports that handled the spice trade. S15 · Japanese Mercenaries URL https://amboyna.org/exhibit/japanese-mercenaries.html Loads yes Language English Access Free full English HTML Offline Needs internet Download Browser save/print; redistribution licence not established Summary Shichizo of Hirado and Japanese mercenaries in the trial and VOC service. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported Shichizō was 24 and came from Hirado in Japan. His appearance on the walls of Ambon's castle set off the interrogations of 1623. Dutch officials alleged a conspiracy involving English merchants and Japanese mercenaries to seize the fort. The men had reached Ambon through competing commercial and military networks; Japanese soldiers served far from home in the VOC's Asian garrisons. Interrogators used water torture to extract confessions. A prisoner's arms were bound to a door frame and cloth fastened over the face; water poured over the head prevented breathing. The advocate-fiscal, Isaaq de Bruyn, directed proceedings whose legal basis and conduct were challenged almost immediately. Torture was permitted under contemporary Dutch law within prescribed rules; the dispute concerned whether those rules had been followed and what the resulting confessions could prove. S16 · Torture and the Trial URL https://amboyna.org/exhibit/torture-and-trial.html Loads yes Language English Access Free full HTML; no login Offline Needs internet Download Browser save/print possible; no licensed redistribution established Summary A historian-led digital exhibit explains torture, the confessions and the dispute over Dutch legal procedure in 1623. Reuse Copyright; no reuse permission established Claims supported Shichizō was 24 and came from Hirado in Japan. His appearance on the walls of Ambon's castle set off the interrogations of 1623. Dutch officials alleged a conspiracy involving English merchants and Japanese mercenaries to seize the fort. The men had reached Ambon through competing commercial and military networks; Japanese soldiers served far from home in the VOC's Asian garrisons. Interrogators used water torture to extract confessions. A prisoner's arms were bound to a door frame and cloth fastened over the face; water poured over the head prevented breathing. The advocate-fiscal, Isaaq de Bruyn, directed proceedings whose legal basis and conduct were challenged almost immediately. Torture was permitted under contemporary Dutch law within prescribed rules; the dispute concerned whether those rules had been followed and what the resulting confessions could prove. S17 · The Torture By Water URL https://amboyna.org/topic/torture-water.html Loads yes Language English Access Free full English HTML Offline Needs internet Download Browser save/print; modern commentary rights not established Summary Contemporary description of binding and water torture used during interrogations. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported Shichizō was 24 and came from Hirado in Japan. His appearance on the walls of Ambon's castle set off the interrogations of 1623. Dutch officials alleged a conspiracy involving English merchants and Japanese mercenaries to seize the fort. The men had reached Ambon through competing commercial and military networks; Japanese soldiers served far from home in the VOC's Asian garrisons. Interrogators used water torture to extract confessions. A prisoner's arms were bound to a door frame and cloth fastened over the face; water poured over the head prevented breathing. The advocate-fiscal, Isaaq de Bruyn, directed proceedings whose legal basis and conduct were challenged almost immediately. Torture was permitted under contemporary Dutch law within prescribed rules; the dispute concerned whether those rules had been followed and what the resulting confessions could prove. S18 · Timeline: The Amboyna Conspiracy Trial URL https://amboyna.org/timeline.html Loads yes Language English Access Free full HTML; no login Offline Needs internet Download Browser save possible; no licensed redistribution established Summary Fifteen days of interrogation, torture, sentencing and executions in February–March 1623. Reuse Copyright; no reuse permission established Claims supported Prisoners were executed on 9 March 1623. News reached Europe the following year. Six English survivors returned in June 1624, and their testimony fed a pamphlet war. Dutch and English publications accused the other side of treason or judicial murder. The dispute continued for decades, travelling through print to readers who had never seen Ambon. S19 · Selling a Massacre URL https://amboyna.org/exhibit/selling-massacre.html Loads yes Language English Access Free full English HTML Offline Needs internet Download Browser save/print; redistribution licence not established Summary Returning English survivors and competing national pamphlet campaigns. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported Prisoners were executed on 9 March 1623. News reached Europe the following year. Six English survivors returned in June 1624, and their testimony fed a pamphlet war. Dutch and English publications accused the other side of treason or judicial murder. The dispute continued for decades, travelling through print to readers who had never seen Ambon. S20 · Nutmeg and Mace – Myristica fragrans URL https://spices.res.in/products/spices/nutmeg-mace.html Loads yes Language English Access Free full English HTML Offline Needs internet Download Browser save/print; redistribution licence not established Summary Kernel/aril identity, separate-sex trees and six-to-nine-month fruit development. Reuse Copyright; no republication licence verified Claims supported The yellow fruit opens along a seam. Inside sits a glossy dark shell wrapped in a red lattice. That lattice is the aril, sold after drying as mace; the kernel inside the shell becomes nutmeg. Both come from Myristica fragrans, the evergreen tree whose native range is the Banda Islands. The fleshy outer fruit is also used for preserves and jelly. Small, pale flowers hang among the leaves. Usually one tree carries male flowers and another female flowers, so a grove must contain pollen-bearing trees as well as fruit producers. A newly planted seedling takes years to reveal which it will be. Once fertilised, the flower develops slowly: fruit maturation takes roughly six to nine months. S21 · Myristica fragrans URL https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:586076-1/general-information Loads yes Language English Access Free full English HTML Offline Needs internet Download Native-range data CC BY3; descriptive text rights vary Summary Accepted species name, native Banda range and wet tropical tree habit. Reuse Taxonomic/range data CC BY 3.0; individual images/licensed datasets differ Claims supported The yellow fruit opens along a seam. Inside sits a glossy dark shell wrapped in a red lattice. That lattice is the aril, sold after drying as mace; the kernel inside the shell becomes nutmeg. Both come from Myristica fragrans, the evergreen tree whose native range is the Banda Islands. The fleshy outer fruit is also used for preserves and jelly. S22 · Myristica fragrans URL https://www.nparks.gov.sg/florafaunaweb/flora/3/0/3037 Loads yes Language English Access Free full English HTML Offline Needs internet Download Browser save/print; redistribution licence not established Summary Plant form, crushed-leaf aroma, propagation, germination, growing conditions and edible husk. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported The yellow fruit opens along a seam. Inside sits a glossy dark shell wrapped in a red lattice. That lattice is the aril, sold after drying as mace; the kernel inside the shell becomes nutmeg. Both come from Myristica fragrans, the evergreen tree whose native range is the Banda Islands. The fleshy outer fruit is also used for preserves and jelly. The leaves are simple and alternate along the twigs, with unbroken edges, glossy upper surfaces and paler undersides. Crushing one releases an aroma. A damaged stem can exude reddish sap. Beneath the soil, spreading feeder roots draw in water close to the surface. Older trees may develop projecting roots low on the trunk, while strong winds can overturn trees with a broad, shallow root system. Young plants are raised from seed or propagated vegetatively by methods including grafting. Singapore's botanical description gives a germination period of one to two months. The tree needs warm conditions and soil that drains well; saturated ground can damage the roots. It can grow in partial shade. Nutmeg's tolerance of different light levels helps it fit beneath and among taller trees rather than requiring an entirely open field. S23 · Production, handling and processing of nutmeg and mace and their culinary uses: Section I URL https://www.fao.org/4/x5047e/x5047E04.htm Loads yes Language English Access Free full English HTML Offline Needs internet Download Download/save possible; publication requires permission for website redistribution Summary Botanical anatomy, roots, leaves, flowers and seedling sex. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported Small, pale flowers hang among the leaves. Usually one tree carries male flowers and another female flowers, so a grove must contain pollen-bearing trees as well as fruit producers. A newly planted seedling takes years to reveal which it will be. Once fertilised, the flower develops slowly: fruit maturation takes roughly six to nine months. The leaves are simple and alternate along the twigs, with unbroken edges, glossy upper surfaces and paler undersides. Crushing one releases an aroma. A damaged stem can exude reddish sap. Beneath the soil, spreading feeder roots draw in water close to the surface. Older trees may develop projecting roots low on the trunk, while strong winds can overturn trees with a broad, shallow root system. S24 · Nutmeg: a plant story about an aromatic marvel URL https://pala.westfriesmuseum.nl/nutmeg/nutmeg-article/?lang=en Loads yes Language English Access Free full English HTML Offline Needs internet Download Needs internet; no redistribution licence established Summary Harvesting and processing, pollination, Clusius specimen and nutmeg natural history. Reuse Copyright; no republication licence verified Claims supported Harvesters use a long pole fitted with a small blade and a basket to catch ripe fruit. The outer flesh is removed and the mace carefully separated. Fresh mace is soft and scarlet; as it dries it becomes firmer and changes colour towards orange and yellow. The seed still needs its own, longer drying before the shell is removed. Young plants are raised from seed or propagated vegetatively by methods including grafting. Singapore's botanical description gives a germination period of one to two months. The tree needs warm conditions and soil that drains well; saturated ground can damage the roots. It can grow in partial shade. Nutmeg's tolerance of different light levels helps it fit beneath and among taller trees rather than requiring an entirely open field. The flowers have no showy petals. Their small, bell-like forms drew the attention of botanists studying how pollen reached the female trees. A plantation study in Kerala identified an ant-like flower beetle as a pollinator. Work on a different wild Myristica species in Australia found several beetle visitors. European botanists initially worked from fragments brought home with the cargoes. A specimen from the first Dutch trading expedition to Banda reached Carolus Clusius at Leiden. In 1605 he published a description and an illustration of the shoot and fruit. It corrected claims that mace was the tree's flower, that its blossom was clove, and that its leaves had serrated edges. The illustration showed a fruit hanging from the end of the preserved branch. S25 · Production, handling and processing of nutmeg and mace and their culinary uses: Section III URL https://www.fao.org/4/x5047e/x5047E06.htm Loads yes Language English Access Free full English HTML Offline Needs internet Download Download/save possible; publication requires permission for website redistribution Summary Grenadian harvest, drying, shelling, sorting and grading. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported Processing continues after picking. Seeds must be turned, checked and protected from damp, which encourages mould. A dry kernel loosens inside its shell and can rattle when shaken. Cracking exposes the spice, which is then sorted for damage and quality. In Grenada, seeds were dried in shallow layers on stacked wooden trays inside drying buildings. Workers used rakes and inspected cut samples and smell. S26 · The Malay Archipelago — chapter XIX URL library/reader.html#wallace-xix Loads yes Language English Access Complete historical chapter in the Wallace reader Offline Works offline — Complete historical chapter in Reading room Download False Summary Original nineteenth-century travel and natural-history account. Reuse Public domain text Claims supported Historical Wallace excerpt attributed to its original chapter; historical observations are not current visitor conditions. S27 · Great Fire of London: Examine the evidence – Dutch illustrated news sheet, MPF 1/232 URL https://cdn.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/education/great-fire-of-london-examine-the-evidence.pdf Loads yes Language English Access Free full English PDF, 17.2 MB; original print labels in Dutch Offline Needs internet Download Full PDF download verified HTTP 200; modern education text is UK government material; original print is public domain Summary Marcus Doornick’s 1667 print of naval war, the London fire, the Breda conference and peace celebrations. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported Delegates crowd around a table covered with documents in a seventeenth-century Dutch news print. Above them, trumpeting cherubs and a figure of Peace announce the negotiations at Breda. The same sheet shows burning ships and the Great Fire of London. A nutmeg island in the Banda Sea belonged to the settlement being negotiated amid this European war. Marcus Doornick's 1667 illustrated news sheet arranged ten scenes into a printed history of the conflict. The final celebration placed crowds along a canal beneath fireworks. S28 · Two Views of Dutch East India Company Trading Posts: Lawec in Cambodia and Banda in the Southern Moluccas URL https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/Two-Views-of-Dutch-East-India-Company-Trading-Posts-Lawec-in-Cambodia-and-Banda-in-the-Southern-Moluccas--a628c6d3e1490c939b66b14f267658a0 Loads yes Language English narrative catalogue; some Dutch collection-data fields Access Free full HTML; no login Offline Needs internet Download Browser save possible; text redistribution license not established Summary The scholarly catalogue identifies a VOC view of Neira, the forts and the commissioned painting's provenance. Reuse Museum text copyright; painting image rights separate Claims supported Rhun, also written Run, had become a contested English foothold close to the Dutch-controlled Banda islands. The 1654 Treaty of Westminster allowed English settlement there, but the VOC continued to obstruct it into the early 1660s. During the next Anglo-Dutch war, Dutch forces destroyed the island's nutmeg trees and expelled the English merchants. The Treaty of Breda was signed on 31 July 1667, ending the Second Anglo-Dutch War. The Dutch retained Rhun and Suriname; England retained New Netherland, including New Amsterdam on Manhattan. Negotiations took place in the great hall of Breda Castle. France and Denmark-Norway also made peace with England in associated treaties. Fort Belgica occupied higher ground than Nassau Both forts feature in the Vingboons workshop painting c1662–1663 The VOC commissioned the painting for Amsterdam with other Asian views S29 · The Raid on the Medway, 1667: Forcing Peace at Breda URL https://peacepalacelibrary.nl/blog/2017/raid-medway-1667-forcing-peace-breda Loads yes Language English Access Free full English HTML Offline Needs internet Download Browser save/print; redistribution licence not established Summary Naval-war context, Medway raid, signature date and wider treaty settlement. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported The Treaty of Breda was signed on 31 July 1667, ending the Second Anglo-Dutch War. The Dutch retained Rhun and Suriname; England retained New Netherland, including New Amsterdam on Manhattan. Negotiations took place in the great hall of Breda Castle. France and Denmark-Norway also made peace with England in associated treaties. The war began in 1665. By the summer of 1667, the English fleet was largely laid up in the Medway, while London was recovering from plague and fire. Dutch ships attacked the naval anchorage near Chatham, burning warships and towing away the Royal Charles. Peace talks had already begun; the raid strengthened the Dutch position and helped force a rapid conclusion when negotiations resumed. The peace did not settle Anglo-Dutch rivalry permanently. War broke out again in 1672. Nine years after Stuyvesant's surrender, a Dutch fleet retook New York and renamed it New Orange. That restoration lasted only a year before another peace returned it to English rule. The Dutch language, families and institutions outlasted these changes of flag, even as the former colony became part of a different empire. S30 · Castle of Breda – Breda (North Brabant) URL https://www.flickr.com/photos/usembassythehague/7872429636/ Loads yes Language English Access Free English institutional caption Offline Needs internet Download Needs internet; linked photograph not downloaded Summary Breda Castle great hall negotiations,31 July 1667, New Netherland and Suriname status quo. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported The Treaty of Breda was signed on 31 July 1667, ending the Second Anglo-Dutch War. The Dutch retained Rhun and Suriname; England retained New Netherland, including New Amsterdam on Manhattan. Negotiations took place in the great hall of Breda Castle. France and Denmark-Norway also made peace with England in associated treaties. English control of the North American colony had already begun in 1664, when warships surrounded New Amsterdam and Peter Stuyvesant surrendered. New Netherland had developed around the fur trade and a chain of river settlements, much larger than Manhattan alone. Three years later, negotiators in Breda accepted English possession while settling claims across several oceans. S31 · The Rise and Fall of New Netherland URL https://www.nps.gov/mava/learn/historyculture/new-netherland.htm Loads yes Language English Access Free full English HTML Offline Needs internet Download Public-domain U.S. government text; third-party pictures separately credited Summary North American colony economy,1664 surrender, later Dutch recapture and return to England. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported English control of the North American colony had already begun in 1664, when warships surrounded New Amsterdam and Peter Stuyvesant surrendered. New Netherland had developed around the fur trade and a chain of river settlements, much larger than Manhattan alone. Three years later, negotiators in Breda accepted English possession while settling claims across several oceans. New Netherland's commercial geography followed the Hudson, Delaware and Connecticut rivers. The Dutch West India Company sent colonists and traded with Indigenous communities for furs. Settlers established farms as well as ports. Wealthy patrons received large estates and collected rent and a share of their tenants' crops. Conflicts over land, authority and trade ran through the colony long before its name changed under English rule. The peace did not settle Anglo-Dutch rivalry permanently. War broke out again in 1672. Nine years after Stuyvesant's surrender, a Dutch fleet retook New York and renamed it New Orange. That restoration lasted only a year before another peace returned it to English rule. The Dutch language, families and institutions outlasted these changes of flag, even as the former colony became part of a different empire. S32 · Medal commemorating ships burnt in the Medway and the proclamation of the peace of Breda, 1667 URL https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-37680 Loads yes Language English Access Free full English object account Offline Needs internet Download Needs internet; linked object image not downloaded Summary Bronze medal MEC0240, allegory of Peace and attack on Chatham. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported A bronze medal from the same year paired two versions of victory. On one side, Peace sits on captured weapons with an olive branch and cornucopia, beside the shields of European states. On the other, English ships burn near Chatham. The lettering names Michiel de Ruyter. Diplomacy and the destruction of the fleet could be held together in an object small enough to fit in a hand. S33 · Of Nutmeg and Forts: Indonesian Pride in the Banda Islands’ Unique Natural and Cultural Landscape URL https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3864 Loads yes Language English Access Free English landing page; full published PDF also verified through Semantic Scholar Offline Works offline — Full published PDF · CC BY 4.0 Download Published article CC BY 4.0; full PDF mirror listed in verification notes Summary Ai in 1615 and 1616, Fort Revenge, colonial plantation landscape. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported The Dutch called the fort on Ai Revenge. In 1615, their troops had occupied the island and then been driven out by local resistance. The fleet returned the following year. Ai's growers had been selling nutmeg to English buyers as well as other merchants; the VOC wanted to stop that trade and compel sales on its own terms. Ai later held nutmeg plantations as well as the military post. A gateway bearing the name Welvaren, Dutch for prosperity, appears in Muhammad Fadli's photographs of the island. Growing, collecting and processing the crop continued around buildings left by company rule. The island remained a place of gardens and homes, reached from Neira across an exposed stretch of sea. Colonial estate lists eventually counted 31 nutmeg plantations on Ai. Its ground differs from the volcanic soils of Banda's central islands: Ai is uplifted limestone, with a flatter, drier landscape. Nutmeg cultivation spread over this ground as well as the steep central slopes. Fortifications and estate boundaries divided the same small island between the military post and the land growing its export crop. S34 · Revenge, fort URL https://www.atlasofmutualheritage.nl/page/6960/revenge-fort Loads yes Language English Access Free full English HTML Offline Needs internet Download Needs internet; image rights depend on individual objects Summary Fort Revenge construction, pentagonalplan, cisterns, earthquake, prison use and repairs. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported The Dutch called the fort on Ai Revenge. In 1615, their troops had occupied the island and then been driven out by local resistance. The fleet returned the following year. Ai's growers had been selling nutmeg to English buyers as well as other merchants; the VOC wanted to stop that trade and compel sales on its own terms. The capture in 1616 killed and displaced islanders. Crowded boats tried to leave at night and people drowned during the crossing. As Dutch troops approached the last stronghold, defenders escaped down cliffs towards waiting boats; some fell to their deaths. The new fortification was built over the defeated community's stronghold, and company troops occupied an almost emptied island. Fort Revenge was laid out as a pentagon, with a bastion at each corner. The VOC directors in the Netherlands objected to another Moluccan fort, but the Council of the Indies proceeded with construction. Projecting bastions allowed defenders to cover the walls from several directions. The fort occupied about 2,500 square metres, a substantial enclosure on a small island. Drinking water had to be caught and kept. Cisterns were built inside the curtain walls and beneath the raised earthwork behind them. Catchment and filtration supplied the garrison from rainfall. These were part of the fort's working infrastructure, alongside its defensive surfaces: the troops needed a reserve that did not depend on carrying water across from another island whenever they required it. An earthquake badly damaged the fort in 1683. It was repaired and later used to imprison senior company officials and other high-ranking captives. Another restoration followed in 1753, and the post continued in use until the end of the eighteenth century. Historical plans show its defensive outline alongside the plantation landscape that surrounded the military post. S35 · Prologue URL https://thebandajournal.org/chapter/prologue Loads yes Language English Access Free full English HTML; direct HTTP 200 confirmed despite parser timeouts Offline Needs internet Download Needs internet; copyright, no redistribution permission established Summary Welvaren gateway image; Fadli rough west monsoon crossing and repeated reporting visits. Reuse Copyright; reuse licence not established Claims supported Ai later held nutmeg plantations as well as the military post. A gateway bearing the name Welvaren, Dutch for prosperity, appears in Muhammad Fadli's photographs of the island. Growing, collecting and processing the crop continued around buildings left by company rule. The island remained a place of gardens and homes, reached from Neira across an exposed stretch of sea. Muhammad Fadli made the crossing during the west monsoon, in a boat about seven metres long. Waves spilled aboard and frightened passengers prayed aloud. He had a three-month-old daughter at home in Jakarta and said he would never return. He later came back with writer Fatris MF. Their repeated journeys followed harvests, dry weather and storms, with photographs made on film and evenings spent talking with island residents. S36 · Colonisation and cultivation: Nutmeg production, labour and ecology on the Banda Islands before and after the conquest of 1621 URL https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-southeast-asian-studies/article/colonisation-and-cultivation-nutmeg-production-labour-and-ecology-on-the-banda-islands-before-and-after-the-conquest-of-1621/BF86973D1324DB0D0FE680E0BF5291F7 Loads yes Language English Access Open access full HTML and PDF; no login Offline Works offline — Full published PDF · CC BY 4.0 Download Yes; PDF and HTML, CC BY 4.0 permits attributed redistribution Summary A new archival study examines cultivation and enslaved labour after 1621, arguing for greater ecological continuity and weaker productivity than earlier accounts assumed. Reuse CC BY 4.0 Claims supported Coen led the 1621 VOC conquest The campaign used capture, deportation, pursuit and starvation The VOC killed, enslaved and expelled much of the population Modern scholarship calls the campaign genocide Perken were plots held by private perkeniers The VOC set purchase prices Enslaved labour included Bandanese survivors and people transported from elsewhere in Asia Bandanese cultivation expertise survived conquest and was needed by planters Miske challenges older claims of complete ecological rationalisation and higher yields Shade trees persisted Planters faced labour and subsistence problems S37 · Banda, the loud echo of a massacre URL https://pala.westfriesmuseum.nl/echo/echo-article/?lang=en Loads yes Language English Access Free full text; no login observed Offline Needs internet Download Browser save/print possible; not bundled Summary Banda Eli and Banda Elat, migration songs and the continuing history of the Bandanese diaspora. Reuse Copyright; no redistribution permission established Claims supported Bandanese refugees on Seram continued resistance Banda Eli and Banda Elat are on Kei Besar Descendants maintain Bandanese language and migration histories The diaspora maintained regional networks S38 · Spice Island Stew: Creolization of Foodways on Colonial Era Nutmeg Plantations, Maluku Province, Indonesia URL https://journals.lib.washington.edu/index.php/JIPA/article/view/14746 Loads yes Language English Access Free full PDF Offline Works offline — Full published PDF · Creative Commons Attribution (journal link specifies version) Download Complete unmodified PDF already bundled in the existing Reading room Summary Archaeological evidence for everyday meals, imported ceramics, local food and survival under the plantation system. Reuse Creative Commons Attribution (journal link specifies version) Claims supported Jordan's three excavated perken were Ordatang, Groot Waling and Komber on Banda Besar Her analysis used ceramics, animal bones and starch grains Plantation households used multiple subsistence and trade strategies Ordatang occupied an old caldera ridge away from the beach and was abandoned at excavation Plantation structures were often dismantled or reused after abandonment S39 · Recalcitrant Seeds: Material Culture and the Global History of Plants URL https://research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk/bitstream/10023/19081/1/Easterby_Smith_2019_PP_Recalcitrantseeds_CC.pdf Loads yes Language English Access Free full text; no login observed Offline Needs internet Download Yes, author/institution-hosted complete PDF Summary The difficulties of moving living seeds and establishing crops, including Céré’s witnessed nutmeg harvest. Reuse Open-access PDF; inspect exact Creative Commons statement before redistribution Claims supported Céré ceremonially harvested nutmeg on Mauritius on 7 December 1778 The tree came from a nut planted in 1770 The harvest was publicised and a nut proposed for Louis XVI The French Guiana transfer project followed the Seven Years War Instructions to Poivre to send nutmeg to Cayenne were issued in 1771 Two nutmeg specimens reached St Vincent from Cayenne in 1802 Botanical gardens formed a chain of transfers and propagation Julius von Rohr's 1784 Cayenne nutmeg specimen entered the British Museum herbarium S40 · A hard nut to crack: nutmeg cultivation and the application of natural history between the Maluku islands and Isle de France (1750s–1780s) URL https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-for-the-history-of-science/article/hard-nut-to-crack-nutmeg-cultivation-and-the-application-of-natural-history-between-the-maluku-islands-and-isle-de-france-1750s1780s/E903F5F5B402C0366B412D3DD390C561 Loads yes Language English Access Free full HTML; no login observed Offline Needs internet Download PDF link available; no redistribution permission established Summary Poivre's repeated collecting schemes, Provost's voyages and the practical work by Malukan intermediaries, gardeners and enslaved cultivators in Mauritius. Reuse Copyright British Society for the History of Science 2018 Claims supported Poivre sponsored clandestine Maluku collecting voyages as intendant of Isle de France Provost led later voyages Major shipments arrived in 1770 and 1772 Malay intermediaries and Maluku islanders enabled French access Enslaved cultivators and gardeners contributed to acclimatisation Plant transfer also required the transfer and adaptation of practical knowledge Poivre recommended banana shelter for young spice plants Instructions used Maluku observations, Rumphius and Provost Alcohol-preserved specimens with Malay labels were sent to Paris for classification S41 · The introduction of nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt.) and cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum J.Presl) to America URL https://ve.scielo.org/scielo.php?lng=en&nrm=iso&pid=S0084-59062005000100010&script=sci_arttext Loads yes Language English Access Free full text; no login observed Offline Needs internet Download Browser save/print possible; not bundled Summary An English botanical-history paper reconstructs nutmeg transfer to Cayenne and the Caribbean. Reuse Copyright; no redistribution permission established Claims supported Poivre sponsored clandestine Maluku collecting voyages as intendant of Isle de France Provost led later voyages Major shipments arrived in 1770 and 1772 Nutmeg plants reached Cayenne from Mauritius on 3 February 1773 after a 64-day voyage Later transfers took the crop to Caribbean gardens Banda's restricted production encouraged colonial transfer schemes Nutmeg seed viability declines quickly Early 1750s shipments had few survivors A French reward sought 25 nutmeg plants at Pondicherry in 1750 Long-distance planting required viable seed or living specimens African Monodora myristica seeds were known as Jamaica or calabash nutmeg They reached the Caribbean with the slave trade The American pichurim nut also served as an aromatic substitute and reached Portugal in the eighteenth century Commercial names could cover botanically unrelated aromatic products The French Guiana transfer project followed the Seven Years War Instructions to Poivre to send nutmeg to Cayenne were issued in 1771 Two nutmeg specimens reached St Vincent from Cayenne in 1802 Botanical gardens formed a chain of transfers and propagation Julius von Rohr's 1784 Cayenne nutmeg specimen entered the British Museum herbarium S42 · The Struggle for Indonesian Independence – Hatta and Sjahrir in exile in Banda URL https://spiceislandsblog.com/2022/08/10/the-struggle-for-indonesian-independence-hatta-and-sjahrir-in-exile-in-banda/ Loads yes Language English Access Free full text; no login observed Offline Needs internet Download Browser save/print possible; not bundled Summary An illustrated English history essay with photographs of the exiles and school; no tour booking or services promoted. Reuse Copyright; no redistribution permission established Claims supported Hatta packed sixteen chests of books before deportation He was arrested in 1934 and sent to Boven Digul He brought his library into exile Both arrived on Fomalhaut on 11 February 1936 They initially stayed with Tjipto Mangunkusumo Banda confinement allowed more local contact than Boven Digul Afternoon classes met on the back veranda Hatta taught older children and Sjahrir younger children Subjects included literacy, arithmetic and languages Des Alwi became a pupil and member of Sjahrir's household Both left Banda for Java in 1942 Hatta and Sjahrir followed different public and underground approaches during the Japanese occupation Hatta became first vice-president and Sjahrir first prime minister Their former houses survive on Neira S43 · Sutan Syahrir as remembered by Des Alwi URL https://indonesia-nederland.org/archive/linggadjatilinggarjati/sutan-syahrir-gezien-door-zijn-adoptiezoon-des-alwi/ Loads yes Language Long English historical narrative within a Dutch introduction and conclusion Access Free full HTML; no login Offline Needs internet Download Browser save possible; quotation rights only, no full redistribution established Summary Des Alwi's childhood in Banda and the books, teaching and daily lives of Hatta and Sjahrir during political exile. 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Claims supported Both arrived on Fomalhaut on 11 February 1936 They initially stayed with Tjipto Mangunkusumo Banda confinement allowed more local contact than Boven Digul Sjahrir wrote letters to Maria Duchâteau during exile The correspondence became Out of Exile The exiles ordered books and wrote articles Their studies included European literature, philosophy and politics Hatta followed a disciplined routine Sjahrir taught through informal contact and play as well as lessons Des Alwi used familiar uncle names for the two men Close family relationships formed during exile S44 · Traces of The Socialist in Exile: Mohammad Hatta and Sutan Sjahrir URL https://journal.unesa.ac.id/index.php/jsm/article/view/5277 Loads yes Language English Access Free full text; no login observed Offline Needs internet Download Yes, complete English PDF at https://journal.unesa.ac.id/index.php/jsm/article/download/5277/3725/23924 Summary A Bandanese scholar examines the exiles’ school, personal habits, local relationships and remembered objects. Reuse Exact journal reuse license not established Claims supported Afternoon classes met on the back veranda Hatta taught older children and Sjahrir younger children Subjects included literacy, arithmetic and languages Des Alwi became a pupil and member of Sjahrir's household Both left Banda for Java in 1942 Hatta and Sjahrir followed different public and underground approaches during the Japanese occupation Hatta became first vice-president and Sjahrir first prime minister Their former houses survive on Neira Sjahrir wrote letters to Maria Duchâteau during exile The correspondence became Out of Exile The exiles ordered books and wrote articles Their studies included European literature, philosophy and politics Hatta followed a disciplined routine Sjahrir taught through informal contact and play as well as lessons Des Alwi used familiar uncle names for the two men Close family relationships formed during exile Bahlawan taught Arabic history to Hatta, Sjahrir, Iwa and Tjipto Iwa studied the Qur'an and Islamic history with Bahlawan Hatta's routine began with bathing, prayer, coffee and reading Hatta and Sjahrir joked about their differing religious habits S45 · On Pramoedya Ananta Toer URL https://www.warscapes.com/retrospectives/indonesia/pramoedya-ananta-toer Loads yes Language English Access Free full text; no login observed Offline Needs internet Download Browser save/print possible; not bundled Summary The novelist’s imprisonment, work on Buru and censorship of the books published after release. Reuse Copyright; no redistribution permission established Claims supported Suharto's regime sent political prisoners to Buru Pramoedya spent ten years on Buru Prisoners performed land clearance and construction labour The Buru Quartet was composed during imprisonment This Earth of Mankind was published in 1980 and banned in 1981 The other Quartet volumes are Child of All Nations, Footsteps and Glass House Pramoedya published with former prisoners Joesoef Isak and Hasyim Rachmat S46 · Belang and Kabata Banda: The significance of nature in the adat practices in the Banda Islands URL https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/wacana/vol23/iss2/6/ Loads yes Language English Access English landing page and abstract load. Full-PDF links failed automated checks (publisher 403; repository timeout); root should test in normal browser before keeping as deep reading. Offline Needs internet Download PDF offered on publisher landing page, but direct access failed this audit; CC BY-NC 4.0 does not allow this commercial guest-site bundle without permission. Summary Fieldwork, oral histories and historical images connect ceremonial boats, songs, sacred places and the Bandanese sea. Reuse CC BY-NC 4.0 Claims supported Decorated belang or kora-kora boats take part in inter-village competitions Crews sing kabata oral histories The songs concern places, voyages and community history Ceremonial preparations honour keramat sacred places Rituals take place at the rumah adat Special bamboo poles feature in the cakelele warrior dance S47 · Mama Lima: The significance of women's role in protecting nature, nurture, and culture in Banda Islands URL https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/wacana/vol24/iss2/5/ Loads yes Language English Access English landing page and abstract load. Full-PDF links failed automated checks (publisher 403; repository timeout); root should test in normal browser before keeping as deep reading. Offline Needs internet Download PDF offered on publisher landing page, but direct access failed this audit; CC BY-NC 4.0 does not allow this commercial guest-site bundle without permission. Summary Women's ritual authority, inherited knowledge and the work of groups of five women in Bandanese adat. Reuse CC BY-NC 4.0 Claims supported Mama Lima are groups of five women They determine ceremonial content and implementation, including Buka kampong Their authority includes social norms, care, religion and environmental relationships Knowledge is passed to younger generations S48 · Adat and Being Muslim URL https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p63751/mobile/ch05s04.html Loads yes Language English Access Free full HTML; no login Offline Needs internet Download Browser save possible; book redistribution license must be checked Summary An ethnography of adat and Muslim ritual in Lonthoir and Selamon, including leaders, prayer and sacred places. Reuse Not established in this audit Claims supported Lonthoir and Selamon adat includes Muslim prayer, imams, Qur'anic recitation and incense Datu are sacred founding figures Shared ritual contributes to belonging among families of varied ancestry Winn's Lonthoir informant linked index fingers to explain inseparability of adat and religion A Selamon healer used the same gesture Mosque songs accompanied an adat occasion in Winn's fieldwork Negeri denotes a social and territorial community S49 · A long-lost manuscript URL https://www.hetscheepvaartmuseum.com/whats-on/exhibitions/manuscript Loads yes Language English Access Free full text; no login observed Offline Needs internet Download Browser save/print possible; not bundled Summary The rediscovered Saleh Neirabatij hikayat, its illustrations and English summary. Reuse Copyright; no redistribution permission established Claims supported Saleh Neirabatij wrote the illustrated hikayat in Malay in 1922 It includes ship drawings and verses for recitation Cilu Bintang is among its leading local heroes The manuscript entered the National Maritime Museum collection Researchers transcribed old Malay and supplied an English summary Diederick Wildeman recognised the lost manuscript in the 1990s Facsimiles were planned for Banda and Ambon institutions S50 · The Violence in Ambon: Summary and background URL https://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/ambon/amron-01.htm Loads yes Language English Access Free full HTML and report PDF; no login Offline Needs internet Download Yes, personal PDF download; redistribution license not established Summary A contemporary fact-finding report on the January 1999 violence, burned neighbourhoods, displacement and security-force shootings. Reuse Copyright Human Rights Watch Claims supported Ambon's January 1999 terminal fight escalated into communal violence Christian and Muslim civilians suffered killing, burning and displacement Violence spread to other islands Security forces failed to protect civilians and sometimes participated Rumours amplified reprisals Post-Suharto political and economic competition formed part of the background S51 · The Violence in Ambon: The conflict URL https://www.hrw.org/reports/1999/ambon/amron-03.htm Loads yes Language English Access Free full text; no login observed Offline Needs internet Download Browser save/print possible; not bundled Summary Eyewitness accounts of the January–March 1999 attacks and security-force responses. Reuse Copyright; no redistribution permission established Claims supported Ambon's January 1999 terminal fight escalated into communal violence Christian and Muslim civilians suffered killing, burning and displacement Violence spread to other islands Security forces failed to protect civilians and sometimes participated Rumours amplified reprisals Post-Suharto political and economic competition formed part of the background S52 · Maluku and North Maluku URL https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p19121/html/ch03.xhtml Loads yes Language English Access Free full HTML; no login Offline Needs internet Download Yes, book PDF/HTML via ANU; redistribution license must be checked Summary Fieldwork-based history of the Maluku and North Maluku conflicts and the many local efforts that accompanied the 2002 Malino agreement. Reuse Not established in this audit Claims supported Ambon's January 1999 terminal fight escalated into communal violence Christian and Muslim civilians suffered killing, burning and displacement Violence spread to other islands Security forces failed to protect civilians and sometimes participated Rumours amplified reprisals Post-Suharto political and economic competition formed part of the background Laskar Jihad sent fighters into Maluku in 2000 Christian militias and increasingly modern firearms were also part of the conflict Malino II was signed on 12 February 2002 Serious violence recurred in 2004 Deaths numbered several thousand and displacement hundreds of thousands; estimates differ Wayame organised joint Muslim-Christian night watches and rumour checking Women helped preserve the shared market Interfaith visits and local safe trading spaces formed part of reconciliation S53 · Banda Api — May 1988 bulletin URL https://volcano.si.edu/showreport.cfm?doi=10.5479/si.GVP.SEAN198805-265090 Loads yes Language English Access Free full text Offline Works offline — Original bulletin text; repeated geological summary omitted Download True Summary Contemporary Volcanological Survey of Indonesia information compiled by Smithsonian. Reuse US federal government publication text; public domain per GVP terms Claims supported Batu Angus lava reached sea by 11:00 on 9 May 1988 Lava flows reached the northern, northwestern and southern shores A graben developed between northern fissure vents, causing craters to coalesce Three eruption-related deaths; two during evacuation by boat More than 7,000 residents evacuated to Ambon through 27 May Banda Api residents remained evacuated after June return recommendation for Neira and Lontar Increasing seismicity preceded eruption Shocks felt every few minutes on Neira on 8–10 May Eruption began at 06:30 First-day columns rose 3–5 km; flank vents 1.2 km apart Southern column briefly deflected towards western Lontar at approximately 11:30 Directed blast lasted less than a minute Summit dominated activity from 10 May All craters quiet by 18 May S54 · Banda Api — June 1988 bulletin URL https://volcano.si.edu/showreport.cfm?doi=10.5479/si.GVP.SEAN198806-265090 Loads yes Language English Access Free full text Offline Works offline — Offline source briefing; full original online Download True Summary Evacuation and declining-activity update. Reuse US federal government publication text; public domain per GVP terms Claims supported Three eruption-related deaths; two during evacuation by boat More than 7,000 residents evacuated to Ambon through 27 May Banda Api residents remained evacuated after June return recommendation for Neira and Lontar S55 · Rapid coral colonization of a recent lava flow (1996) URL https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01145887 Loads yes Language English Access Abstract free; full paper subscription/purchase Offline Needs internet Download False Summary Original Banda lava study; complete abstract is freely readable. Reuse Copyright; no republication licence verified Claim provenance only; not offered as a free full-paper deeper read.
Claims supported Sheltered lava-flow site had 124 species and 61.6% mean live coral cover five years after eruption Tabulate acroporids were prominent, some over 90 cm diameter This site exceeded adjacent carbonate reef in diversity, abundance and cover Tomascik, van Woesik and Mah compared lava, carbonate reef and unstable pyroclastic substrate Authors proposed structural complexity, predator protection and larval supply as explanations S56 · Are corals animals or plants? URL https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coral.html Loads yes Language English Access Free full text Offline Needs internet Download True Summary NOAA explanation of polyps, skeletons and photosynthetic partners. Reuse US federal government text; public domain. Third-party photos require separate credit check. Claims supported Corals are animals made of polyps Stony coral polyps secrete calcium-carbonate skeletons Most shallow reef-building corals have photosynthetic symbionts S57 · Banda Api — April 1988 bulletin URL https://volcano.si.edu/showreport.cfm?doi=10.5479/si.GVP.SEAN198804-265090 Loads yes Language English Access Free full text Offline Works offline — Offline source briefing; full original online Download True Summary Early report contains May eruption precursors despite issue label. Reuse US federal government publication text; public domain per GVP terms Claims supported Increasing seismicity preceded eruption Shocks felt every few minutes on Neira on 8–10 May Eruption began at 06:30 First-day columns rose 3–5 km; flank vents 1.2 km apart S58 · First observations of coral spawning at the Banda Islands (2023) URL https://smujo.id/biodiv/article/view/15927 Loads yes Language English Access Free full text Offline Needs internet Download True Summary Primary observations from 2016–2019 at Banda Api lava-flow reef. Reuse CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Claims supported Banda opportunistic spawning monitoring ran 2016–2019 Peaks observed April and October–November, 5–7 days after full moon and 2–3 hours after sunset on falling tides Methods included direct observation and egg traps Egg traps used inverted household funnels and plastic bottles Air kept bottles afloat and nylon ties fixed traps Traps detected spawning when divers were absent Collected eggs underwent DNA analysis for identification S59 · Scalloped Hammerhead — Florida Museum URL https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/discover-fish/species-profiles/scalloped-hammerhead/ Loads yes Language English Access Free full text Offline Needs internet Download False Summary Museum species profile with morphology, habitats, diet and fishing pressures. Reuse Copyright; no republication licence verified Claims supported Scalloped hammerhead has central and smaller head indentations Species has tall first dorsal fin, slender body, arched mouth, dark upper surface and pale underside Juveniles use shallow coastal nurseries and adults often offshore Diet includes fishes, cephalopods, crustaceans and other elasmobranchs Distribution includes warm Indo-Pacific seas and coastal/offshore habitats Scalloped hammerheads targeted and taken as bycatch Aggregation and nursery habitat increase fishing vulnerability Species assessed Critically Endangered S60 · Banda Islands ISRA URL https://sharkrayareas.org/portfolio-item/banda-islands-isra/ Loads yes Language English Access Free full HTML via web; PDF downloads directly Offline Needs internet Download True Summary IUCN SSC assessment of recurring hammerhead aggregations. Reuse Copyright; no republication licence verified Claims supported Banda ISRA includes Hatta, Rhun, Ai and Suanggi Larger aggregations reported mid-September–early December; smaller aggregations year-round ISRA delineates habitat from surface to 650 m Scalloped hammerheads targeted and taken as bycatch Aggregation and nursery habitat increase fishing vulnerability Species assessed Critically Endangered 2024 assessment combines personal observations, personal communications, published work and unpublished monitoring C5 undefined aggregation designation does not assign feeding/reproduction/resting function S61 · Electrosensorial pore system of the cephalofoil (2009) URL https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/biologies/item/10.1016/j.crvi.2008.11.003.pdf Loads yes Language English Access Free full text Offline Needs internet Download True Summary Mello compares four hammerhead species from the southwest Atlantic. Reuse Publisher PDF: © 2008 Académie des sciences / Elsevier; all rights reserved Claims supported Electrosensory pores occur on ventral cephalofoil and detect weak electrical fields Mello compared four species from southwest Atlantic Pore patterns assist species identification S62 · Hammerhead sharks hold their breath on deep water hunts to stay warm URL https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2023/05/11/hammerhead-sharks-hold-breath-2/ Loads yes Language English Access Free full text Offline Needs internet Download False Summary University researchers explain their 2023 Science findings. Reuse Copyright; link only Claims supported Hawaiian tagging study found warm muscles during cold deep dives and cooling on ascent Authors inferred reduced gill water flow limited heat loss Deep video showed closed gill slits Deep-bottom phases lasted only minutes S63 · Deep expression of the Indonesian Throughflow (2005) URL https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2004JC002826 Loads yes Language English Access Free full HTML via web; direct HTTP bot-blocked Offline Needs internet Download True Summary Talley and Sprintall explain the movement and transformation of Indonesian water. Reuse Copyright; no republication licence verified Claims supported Indonesian Throughflow connects Pacific and Indian oceans Eastern pathway includes Lifamatola, Seram and Banda seas Banda outflows include Timor and Ombai Sills and mixing transform source water S64 · Floating Hope: Mooring Buoys for Coral Reef Conservation in Banda URL https://econusa.id/en/ecoblogs/mooring-buoy-initiative-a-real-effort-to-protect-the-banda-sea/ Loads yes Language English Access Free full text Offline Needs internet Download False Summary Friska Kalia’s 2 May 2025 report on mooring installation. Reuse Copyright; no republication licence verified Claims supported Six moorings installed around Rhun, Manukang and Hatta in April 2025 Moorings reduce need for boats to drop anchors on coral Collaboration included local communities, academics, conservation workers and fisheries authorities Sudar Raharusun offered maintenance support S65 · Tales from Ternate, the Clove-Scented Isle URL https://notesplusultra.com/2020/12/03/tales-from-ternate-indonesia/ Loads yes Language English Access Free full English HTML Offline Needs internet Download Browser save possible; full redistribution permission not established Summary An illustrated personal account of Ternate, its palace, clove groves and forts, based on a 2015 journey. 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