dugong (/ˈd(j)uːɡɒŋ/; Dugong dugon)

Drawing of a #dugong in Renard's illustrated book of marine creatures of the #Moluccas Islands 1654 #Indonesia. Labelled as ''Doujoung'' [Fr.]. or ''Zee Koe'' [Dutch, 'sea-cow']. ''aka'' Halicore or Dugong Illig.(Dugong dugon, Müller, 1776) #coastalhistory #tcdtceh

#SesamiaGrisescens, the pink sugarcane borer, pink stalk borer, shoot borer, sugarcane borer or ramu shoot borer, is a #moth of the family #Noctuidae. The species was #firstDescribed by Warren in 1911. It is found in #PapuaNewGuinea, #Seram, the #Moluccas and #NewBritain.

Chapter 12. Dutch loanwords in Ternate and their circulation in the Moluccas This chapter examines the appearance of Dutch loanwords in Ternate, a Papuan language spoken on a small volcanic island in the North Moluccas that was at the centre of the clove trade at the time of E...

Happy Birthday to my first (real) linguistics publication: we discuss the spread of Dutch loanwords in and via #Ternate and the #Moluccas 🥳

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22 Apr 1529: The Treaty of Zaragoza is signed there #otd by John III & Charles V - it divides the eastern hemisphere between #Spain & #Portugal 17 degrees east of the #Moluccas

Ambon, Haroekoe, Saparoea
Krontjong-Potpourri No.2
The kilima Hawaiians

| Philips P 17382 H | #Shellac 10" #electrola #vinyl #gramophone #phonograph #vintage #shellacoftheday #maluku #moluques #moluccas #indonesia

European Discovery & Conquest of the Spice Islands Clove, nutmeg, and mace are native to only a handful of tiny islands in the middle of the vast Indonesian archipelago – cloves on five Maluku Islands (the Moluccas) about 1250 km (778 mi) west of New....

Reviving the Spice Islands: Maluku’s Forgotten History

#history #clove #maluku #indonesia #moluccas #colonial #kretek