Since the accusation was treason, those that had confessed (confession being necessary for conviction under Roman Dutch law) were sentenced to death by a court consisting of the …

The city of Ambon covers the entirety of Leitimur, with its centre on the northwest coast of Leitimur, but also includes the south-central part of Leihitu, and has a safe harbor on Amboina …

Ambon (formerly Dutch: Amboina) is the capital and largest city of the Indonesian province of Maluku. This city is also known as Ambon Manise, which means "beautiful" or "pretty" Ambon …

Amboina Massacre, execution that took place in Amboina (now Ambon, Indon.) in 1623, when 10 Englishmen, 10 Japanese, and one Portuguese were put to death by local Dutch authorities. …

The Dutch captured the Portuguese fort in 1605, took over the spice trade, and in 1623 destroyed a British settlement in the Amboina Massacre. The British took it in 1796, and after it had …

In 1623, a Japanese mercenary called Shichizō was arrested for asking suspicious questions about the defenses of a Dutch East India Company fort on Amboina, a r...

The “Amboyna Massacre” of 1623 - Volume 1 Issue 2. 10. The corresponding Dutch garrison in the Amboyna district in August, 1622, was 345 European and 83 Asian troops; there were 463 …

Amboina, 1623: Fear and Conspiracy on the Edge of Empire is a well-written, even intriguing text and should be read both for its clarifying and source-critical treatment of the actual—and long …

Amboina is a suburb in Bonaire and has about 1,000 residents. Mapcarta, the open map.

Amboina is both the name of the island and its chief city. In form the island is nearly elliptical, and a deep, narrow bay, fourteen miles long, almost divides it longitudinally into two unequal parts.