. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 240 AUSTEALASIA. Dutch administrative division known as the Residence of Ternate. One of the most remarkable phenomena in the history of Indonesia is the extraordinary political importance acquired by these two insignificant islets. At the very time when the Italian republics of Venice, Pisa and Genoa were enjoying a marvellous prosperity, these eastern Malay communities were, under analogous conditions, acquiring vast colonial empires stretching far over the surrounding archipelagoes and continents. Trading settlements from Tidor and Ternate were
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 240 AUSTEALASIA. Dutch administrative division known as the Residence of Ternate. One of the most remarkable phenomena in the history of Indonesia is the extraordinary political importance acquired by these two insignificant islets. At the very time when the Italian republics of Venice, Pisa and Genoa were enjoying a marvellous prosperity, these eastern Malay communities were, under analogous conditions, acquiring vast colonial empires stretching far over the surrounding archipelagoes and continents. Trading settlements from Tidor and Ternate were founded in all the markets of Malaysia, and their ascendency was maintained as long as their operations were limited to trade. But decay set in as soon as their sultans became rich potentates surrounded by thousands of slaves, levying heavy tribute and plundering the surrounding regions with their armies of mercenaries and piratic fleets. At present these sultans retain little beyond an empty title. The so-called Fig. 104.—Density of the Population in Dutch Indonesia. Scale 1 : 45 95° Easb oF ore Inhabitants to Ihe Square Mile. 0 to 10 10 to 20 20 to 100. 100 to 300. Each square represents a population of 100,0<X). = 600 Miles " kingdom " of Tidor comprises the central part of Halmahera with its two eastern peninsulas, besides the western shores of New Guinea with the adjacent islands. To Ternate are nominally assigned the northern peninsula of Halmahera with more than half of the south, the Sula Archipelago and about one-third of Celebes. According to the local chronicles a treaty of peace was concluded in 1322 between the Molucca States, in virtue of which the first rank was awarded to the Kolano of Jailollo (Jilolo) in Halmahera ; but in 1380 the Sultan of Ternate acquired the ascendency under the title of Kolano Maloko, or " Prince of the ; Since that time the relations between the various local states has been modified by the w
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