The Bugis-Makassarese in the port towns; Ambon and Ternate through the nineteenth century
| Autor: | R.Z. Leirissa |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
| Předmět: |
Cultural Studies
Linguistics and Language lcsh:History of Oceania (South Seas) Patrolling lcsh:DU1-950 Barter lcsh:PL1-8844 Ancient history Spice trade Port (computer networking) lcsh:Languages and literature of Eastern Asia Africa Oceania Language and Linguistics language.human_language Asian studies Geography Anthropology language Economic history Portuguese Monopoly Social Sciences (miscellaneous) |
| Zdroj: | Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land-en Volkenkunde, Vol 156, Iss 3, Pp 619-633 (2000) |
| ISSN: | 0006-2294 |
| Popis: | Traders from South Sulawesi have been visitors to the Moluccas since at least the seventeenth century (Tiele 1886-95). In 1605 the Dutch East Indies Com pany (VOC) established its first stronghold in Ambon, and during the first half of that century it tried to expand its monopoly over the spice trade in the islands by preventing all non-Dutch traders from taking part in this lucrative trade. But this spice trade continued to attract the daring sailors from south ern Sulawesi, who, with financial support from foreign traders in Makassar mainly English, Danish, and Portuguese often succeeded in avoiding the patrolling VOC vessels and thus were able to enter the prohibited area with their ships to trade by barter in a number of villages around Ambon. The con quest of Makassar by the VOC in the mid-seventeenth century (Stapel 1922) ended the golden age of the Bugis-Makassarese trade in the Moluccas. Nevertheless, small numbers of this ethnic group remained in existence in the towns in Ambon and Ternate, as well as in other parts of the islands. I do not intend in this essay to give an exhaustive account of the nature of Bugis-Makassarese trade in the Moluccas; the main focus here is on the struc ture of Bugis-Makassarese communities in the port towns of Ambon and Ternate through the nineteenth century, particularly the role of its leading groups. Differences between Ternate and Ambon will also be stressed.1 |
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