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Dutch Courage | Raffles and the British Invasion of Java

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Raffles and the British Invasion of Java. Footnotes and Sidelights from the Story of the British Interregnum in Java. Jan Pieterszoon Coen and the Birth of Batavia →. December 11, 2012. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. Jan Pieterszoon Coen and the Birth of Batavia →. 4 responses to “ Dutch Courage. December 11, 2012 at 4:09 am. December 11, 2012 at 9:17 am. Hey Steve, glad you liked it! Pingback: The Bali King and the British Agent Raffles and the British Invasion of Java. Enter your comment here.

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Words and Images: Secrets of Southern Sumatra

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Previously published travel writing and photography by Tim Hannigan. Books by Tim Hannigan. Friday, 16 May 2014. Secrets of Southern Sumatra. Exploring the southern regions of Sumatra. Originally published in Bali and Beyond Magazine. Http:/ www.baliandbeyond.co.id/detailarticle-392-beyondbali-secrets-of-southern-sumatra.html. After arriving in the cool township of Pagaralam, I have explored waterfalls and villages of carved teakwood, and picked my way through the rice fields to find the enigmatic 2000-y...

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Words and Images: Motorcycling to the Temples Of the Singosari Kingdom

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Previously published travel writing and photography by Tim Hannigan. Books by Tim Hannigan. Wednesday, 18 February 2009. Motorcycling to the Temples Of the Singosari Kingdom. Travelling around Malang, East Java. Originally published in The Jakarta Globe, 18/02/09. Http:/ www.thejakartaglobe.com/lifeandtimes/motorcycling-to-the-temples-of-the-singosari-kingdom/307771. I stop in the market town of Singosari, little more than a suburb of Malang these days, but once the cradle of the Singosari dynasty. Singo...

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Words and Images: The Red-Coat Conquest of Yogyakarta

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Previously published travel writing and photography by Tim Hannigan. Books by Tim Hannigan. Friday, 24 May 2013. The Red-Coat Conquest of Yogyakarta. The British Assault on Yogyakarta in 2012. Originally published in The Jakarta Globe, 21/06/12. Http:/ www.thejakartaglobe.com/archive/the-red-coat-conquest-of-yogyakarta/. As the first light began to seep across the rice fields, they surged up bamboo ladders onto the ramparts and overwhelmed the bleary-eyed Javanese defenders. In April 1812, the British un...

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Words and Images: Journey to the Cradle Of Javanese Islam

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Previously published travel writing and photography by Tim Hannigan. Books by Tim Hannigan. Wednesday, 2 November 2011. Journey to the Cradle Of Javanese Islam. Kudus, Demak and Jepara, in Central Java. Originally published in the Jakarta Globe 08/09/11. Http:/ www.thejakartaglobe.com/lifeandtimes/journey-to-the-cradle-of-javanese-islam/464205. Far from the usual ramshackle openness of the typical Javanese kampung, this is a private world, where domesticity turns its back to the street behind bleached st...

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Amok! Amok! | Raffles and the British Invasion of Java

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Raffles and the British Invasion of Java. Footnotes and Sidelights from the Story of the British Interregnum in Java. Jan Pieterszoon Coen and the Birth of Batavia. Captain Cook and the Corrupt Crusoe →. January 6, 2013. Negative Epithets: ‘The Malay Character’. Century and beyond much was made by foreigners in the tropics about a curious concept called ‘the Malay character’. Depending on the ignorance levels of the white man in question (and it generally was. Which signifies kill, kill’:. In the face of...

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Words and Images: Eastern Promise

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Previously published travel writing and photography by Tim Hannigan. Books by Tim Hannigan. Tuesday, 10 September 2013. An East Java Road Trip. Originally published in Garuda in-flight magazine August 2012. Http:/ garudamagazine.com/travel.php? Driving south from Surabaya into the great green hinterlands of Java is like coming up for air. The heat and dust of the coastal plains recedes; the traffic thins, and in the distance monumental mountains rise into the clouds. It is said to be the tip of the mythi...

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Words and Images: Hard Labor in a Ghostly World: East Java's Sulfur Mines

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Previously published travel writing and photography by Tim Hannigan. Books by Tim Hannigan. Sunday, 21 March 2010. Hard Labor in a Ghostly World: East Java's Sulfur Mines. A Journey to the Ijen Plateau, East Java. Originally published in the Jakarta Globe, 03/02/10. Http:/ www.thejakartaglobe.com/culture/hard-labor-in-a-ghostly-world-east-javas-sulfur-mines/356302. Aripin explains that he is paid for the sulfur by weight – Rp 600 per kilogram. Most men carry two loads of between 60 and 100 kilo...This pu...

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Words and Images: The Bathing Place

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Previously published travel writing and photography by Tim Hannigan. Books by Tim Hannigan. Friday, 25 June 2010. Javanese Religion and the Jolotundo Temple. Originally published in Kabar Magazine Autumn 2010. There is a scent of incense on the damp evening air. The temple is set into the green hillside: a facade of dark basalt fronted by a shallow pool full of slow-moving fish. Water pours in continuous rivulets from spouts in the masonry, and on either side of the pool is a bathing tank. Clearly someth...