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Onrust Island
Onrust Island also known as ''Pulau Onrust'' or ''Pulau Kapal'' (ship island) is an Indonesian island off the coast of Jakarta. It measures about and is part of the Thousand Islands History Before the colonial period Shortly before the colonial period Jakarta Bay was disputed between the Sunda Kingdom and the rising Banten Sultanate. In 1527 the Demak Sultanate conquered the Sunda port Sunda Kelapa and renamed it Jayakarta. Later it became a fiefdom of the Banten Sultanate. The Dutch East India Company The Dutch presence in the area started when the Dutch East India Company (VOC) established a trading post in Jakarta. In order to service her ships the VOC then established a naval base at Onrust Island. Construction began in 1613. In 1615 a shipyard and a small warehouse were established, and in 1618 fortification started. In a local war with the English Jan Pieterszoon Coen then managed to conquer Jakarta in 1619. Jakarta was renamed Batavia and became the capital of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South East Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of mainland China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and north-west of mainland Australia. Southeast Asia is bordered to the north by East Asia, to the west by South Asia and the Bay of Bengal, to the east by Oceania and the Pacific Ocean, and to the south by Australia (continent), Australia and the Indian Ocean. Apart from the British Indian Ocean Territory and two out of atolls of Maldives, 26 atolls of Maldives in South Asia, Maritime Southeast Asia is the only other subregion of Asia that lies partly within the Southern Hemisphere. Mainland Southeast Asia is completely in the Northern Hemisphere. East Timor and the southern portion of Indonesia are the only parts that are south of the Equator. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Intervention In Northern Bali (1846)
The Dutch intervention in Northern Bali in 1846 was the first in a long series of Dutch military interventions on Bali island, until total control was achieved with the Dutch intervention in Bali in 1908. The Dutch used as a pretext Balinese salvage claims over shipwrecks, which were customary to the Balinese, but unacceptable to the Dutch. The expedition arrived off Buleleng in June 1846. It was composed of 2 frigates, 4 steamships, 12 schooners, 40 smaller ships, 1,700 soldiers including 400 Europeans and 230 cannons.''A short history of Bali: Indonesia's Hindu realm'' by Robert Pringle p.97''ff'/ref> The port was fortified by Balinese forces, and the frigates bombarded it. After a landing, the Dutch forces were able to capture and destroy the royal palace at Singaraja. The Balinese agreed to recognize the treaties and to accommodate a small Dutch garrison. Once the main Dutch force had returned to Java, the local Balinese ruler Jelantik refused to pay the agreed settlement t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revolutions Of 1848
The Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Springtime of the Peoples or the Springtime of Nations, were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe starting in 1848. It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in European history to date. The revolutions were essentially democratic and liberal in nature, with the aim of removing the old monarchical structures and creating independent nation-states, as envisioned by romantic nationalism. The revolutions spread across Europe after an initial revolution began in France in February. Over 50 countries were affected, but with no significant coordination or cooperation among their respective revolutionaries. Some of the major contributing factors were widespread dissatisfaction with political leadership, demands for more participation in government and democracy, demands for freedom of the press, other demands made by the working class for economic rights, the upsurge of nationalism, the regrouping of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tanjung Priok
Tanjung Priok is a district of North Jakarta, Indonesia. It hosts the western part of the city's main harbor, the Port of Tanjung Priok (located in Tanjung Priok District and Koja District). The district of Tanjung Priok is bounded by Laksamana Yos Sudarso Tollway and Sunter River canal to the east, by Kali Japat, Kali Ancol, and the former Kemayoran Airport to the southwest, by Sunter Jaya Road and Sunter Kemayoran Road to the south, and by Jakarta Bay to the north. History Before human development, the coastal area of what is now Tanjung Priok was an area of brackish water with swamp and mangrove forest. The old harbor of Jakarta During the colonial era, Batavia at first relied on the Sunda Kelapa harbor area. This meant that Batavia had a harbor system like many others cities. I.e. an anchorage at sea at some distance from the city, and a city harbor where smaller ships could attach to a quay. It meant that big ships like the Dutch East Indiamen and later ships safe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onrust Dock Of 5,000 Tons
Onrust Dock of 5,000 tons, was a floating dry dock which served in the Dutch East Indies from 1881 till 1924. Context In 1876 the Dutch navy started to think of a new dock for the Dutch East Indies. This would become ''Onrust Dock of 5,000 tons''. At the time it was clear that the naval situation in the East Indies was changing. The ironclad HNLMS Prins Hendrik der Nederlanden was sailing to the Dutch East Indies. The first of the unprotected Atjeh-class cruisers were under construction, and the small battleship HNLMS Koning der Nederlanden had been launched. These ships all had about 3,500 tons displacement, Koning der Nederlanden displaced 5,300 tons. It explains the size and name of ''Onrust Dock of 5,000 tons''. A dry dock that could lift 5,000 tons could lift all these ships, except (perhaps) for the Koning der Nederlanden. When ''Onrust Dock of 5,000 tons'' had been assembled in the Dutch East Indies it was said to be meant for the two armored ships. The order for ''Onru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Onrust Dock Of 3,000 Tons
Onrust Dock of 3,000 tons, was a floating dry dock that served in the Dutch East Indies from 1869 till at least 1933. Up till about 1910 she was a crucial part of the Dutch naval infrastructure in the Indies. Context At first ''Onrust Dock of 3,000 tons'' was mostly known as: 'the iron dry dock', because there was only one iron dry dock in the Dutch East Indies. It was destined for Onrust Island, which housed one of the two naval bases in the Dutch East Indies. Previously there had been a wooden dry dock at Onrust Island. When the iron drydock arrived at Onrust it was designated as ''Onrust Iron Dock'', or ''Iron Dock of Onrust''. Later another iron dry dock was sent to Onrust Island. This necessitated to designate our drydock by its lift capacity of 3,000 tons, and eliminated the need for the label 'iron'. When the location of the dock changed, so did that part of the name. In the end it was referred to as ''Sabang Dock of 3,000 tons'', but also as: 'the 3,000 tons dock', or 't ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artesian Aquifer
An artesian aquifer is a confined aquifer containing groundwater under positive pressure. An artesian aquifer has trapped water, surrounded by layers of impermeable rock or clay, which apply positive pressure to the water contained within the aquifer. If a well were to be sunk into an artesian aquifer, water in the well-pipe would rise to a height corresponding to the point where hydrostatic equilibrium is reached. A well drilled into such an aquifer is called an ''artesian well''. If water reaches the ground surface under the natural pressure of the aquifer, the well is termed a ''flowing artesian well''. Fossil water aquifers can also be artesian if they are under sufficient pressure from the surrounding rocks, similar to how many newly tapped oil wells are pressurized. From the previous statement, it can be inferred that not all aquifers are artesian (i.e., water table aquifers occur where the groundwater level at the top of the aquifer is at equilibrium with atmospher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coaling Station
Fuelling stations, also known as coaling stations, are repositories of fuel (initially coal and later oil) that have been located to service commercial and naval vessels. Today, the term "coaling station" can also refer to coal storage and feeding units in fossil-fuel power stations. History Initially named a '' coaling station'' due to the use of coal for steam generation a fuelling station was built for the purpose of replenishing coal supplies for ships or railway locomotives. The term is often associated with 19th and early 20th century seaports associated with blue water navies, who used coaling stations as a means of extending the range of warships. In the late 19th century steamships powered by coal began to replace sailing ships as the principal means of propulsion for ocean transport. Fueling stations transitioned to oil as boilers moved from being coal-fired to oil- or hybrid oil-and-coal-firing, coal being completely replaced as steam engines gave way to inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Optical Telegraph
An optical telegraph is a line of stations, typically towers, for the purpose of conveying textual information by means of visual signals. There are two main types of such systems; the semaphore telegraph which uses pivoted indicator arms and conveys information according to the direction the indicators point, and the shutter telegraph which uses panels that can be rotated to block or pass the light from the sky behind to convey information. The most widely used system was invented in 1792 in France by Claude Chappe, and was popular in the late eighteenth to early nineteenth centuries. This system is often referred to as ''semaphore'' without qualification. Lines of relay towers with a semaphore rig at the top were built within line of sight of each other, at separations of . Operators at each tower would watch the neighboring tower through a telescope, and when the semaphore arms began to move spelling out a message, they would pass the message on to the next tower. This s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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