Governorate of Ambon
Ambon was a governorate of the Dutch East India Company, consisting of Ambon Island and ten neighbouring islands. Steven van der Hagen captured Fort Victoria on 22 February 1605 from the Portuguese in the name of the Dutch East India Company. Until 1619, Ambon served as the capital of the Dutch possessions in East Asia. In that year Batavia was founded to function as the staple port for the Dutch East India Company in Asia. The island was the world center of clove production until the 19th century. The Dutch prohibited the rearing of the clove-tree in all the other islands subject to their rule, in order to secure the monopoly to Ambon.
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Governorate of Ambon
Ambon was a governorate of the Dutch East India Company, consisting of Ambon Island and ten neighbouring islands. Steven van der Hagen captured Fort Victoria on 22 February 1605 from the Portuguese in the name of the Dutch East India Company. Until 1619, Ambon served as the capital of the Dutch possessions in East Asia. In that year Batavia was founded to function as the staple port for the Dutch East India Company in Asia. The island was the world center of clove production until the 19th century. The Dutch prohibited the rearing of the clove-tree in all the other islands subject to their rule, in order to secure the monopoly to Ambon.
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Amboina of Amboyna was van 160 ...... en Fort Duurstede op Saparoea.
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Ambon was a governorate of the ...... secure the monopoly to Ambon.
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أمبون كانت محافظة شركة الهند ا ...... هند الشرقية الهولندية في آسيا.
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Capture of Ambon Island by Great Britain
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Capture of Fort Victoria
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Ambon around 1725
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Amboina of Amboyna was van 160 ......
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Ambon was a governorate of the ...... secure the monopoly to Ambon.
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أمبون كانت محافظة شركة الهند ا ...... هند الشرقية الهولندية في آسيا.
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Amboina (VOC-gebied)
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Governorate of Ambon
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محافظة أمبون (إندونيسيا )
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Ambon
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Gouvernement Amboyna
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Governorate of Ambon
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