TERNATE

tĕrnäˈtā, volcanic island (c.40 sq mi/100 sq km), E Indonesia, in the Molucca Sea, one of the Moluccas. It is forested, mountainous, and active volcanically, rising to c.5,600 ft (1,710 m). The principal town, also called Ternate, is an important transit port for New Guinea and Halmahera; exports include spices and copra. Despite its small size, the island was for centuries a major spice center and one of the most important islands of the Moluccas. Ruled by a powerful sultan, it became an important Muslim center in the 15th cent. The Portuguese built a fort there in 1522. They were expelled during a native revolt in 1574. The sultan granted the spice concession to the Dutch in 1607. Popular revolts were suppressed by the Dutch in 1650 and 1683, after which the Dutch were in control until Ternate became part of Indonesia.

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books on: Ternate  - 407 results

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1.
The World of Maluku: Eastern Indonesia in the Early Modern Period
Book by Leonard Y. Andaya; University of Hawaii Press, 1993
Subjects: Maluku (Indonesia)--History
...time, knowledge, and hospitality. In Ternate I am especially indebted to Abdul Hamid Hasan, whose understanding of Ternaten culture and history was impressive...departments of education and culture in Ternate, Tidore, Makian, Bacan, Jailolo, Sahu...
2.
Flora of the Prairies and Plains of Central North America
Book by Per Axel Rydberg; The New York Botanical Garden, 1932
Subjects: Botany--North America, Phanerogams, Pteridophyta
...side; sterile blade sessile, thrice ternate, membranous; epidermal cells flexuose...broad, somewhat pentagonal in outline, ternately pinnatifid, the primary divisions stalked...2. P. hexagonoptera . Fronds ternate, the pinnae stalked; rachis not winged...
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Nusantara: A History of the East Indian Archipelago
Book by Bernard H. M. Vlekke; Harvard university Press, 1943
Subjects: East Indies--History, Indonesia--History, Netherlands--Colonies--Administration
...connected with the extension of Javanese shipping to the islands, for from the beginning of Moluccan history the rulers of Ternate, the first principality to be mentioned in this part of the archipelago, seem to have recognized the overlordship of the...
4.
The Longest Voyage: Circumnavigators in the Age of Discovery
Book by Robert Silverberg; Ohio University Press, 1997
Subjects: Explorers, Voyages Around The World
...Islands: five small isles, Tidore, Motir, Makian, Bachan, and Ternate, clustered about a much larger island, Gilolo, or Halmahera...the route. A bale of dried leaves purchased for a ducat in Ternate or Amboina sold for a hundred ducats in Venice. Then came...
5.
The Heretic in Darwin's Court: The Life of Alfred Russel Wallace
Book by Ross A. Slotten; Columbia University Press, 2004
Subjects: Naturalists--England--Biography, Socialists--England--Biography, Spiritualists--England--Biography, Wallace, Alfred Russel--1823-1913
...tion. But an extraordinary thing happened. Sometime in June 1858, Darwin received a packet postmarked from the island of Ternate in the Dutch East Indies. The packet contained an essay by Alfred Russel Wallace, a thirty-five- year-old English naturalist...
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journal articles on: Ternate  - 32 results

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Is Maluku Still Musicological 'Terra Incognita'? an Overview of the Music-Cultures of the Province of Maluku
Journal article by Margaret J. Kartomi; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 25, 1994
Subjects: Indonesia--Music, Musicology--Research
...article describes the music-cultures in Ternate and Tidore in northern Maluku; Ambon...music and dance on the twin islands of Ternate and Tidore, have appeared.(14) Susan McKinnons...still found in the palace-cultures of Ternate and Tidore. Indigenous flutes, multiple...
2.
Vietnamese Ceramic Trade to the Philippines in the Seventeenth Century
Journal article by Kerry Nguyen-Long; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 30, 1999
Subjects: Ceramics--Marketing, East India Co.--History, Southeast Asia--17th century
...Maguindanao was aided in these raids by Ternate and Illana Bay. The Spanish ambition...united in 1580. After Sultan Zaide of Ternate, with Dutch help, expelled the Portuguese from forts on Ternate and Tidore in 1603, Governor Acuna led...
3.
Typical Features of Austronesian Languages in Central/Eastern Indonesia (1)
Journal article by Marian Klamer; Oceanic Linguistics, Vol. 41, 2002
Subjects: Austronesian languages--Comparative method
...addition, North Halmahera, in particular Ternate and Tidore, were important political centers...dominated by NAN speaking communities in Ternate and Tidore. (9) Much of that political...to the important economical position of Ternate and Tidore as centers of international...
4.
On the Contemporary Uses of Colonial History and the Legitimation of Political Status in Archipelagic Southeast Seram
Journal article by Roy Ellen; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 28, 1997
Subjects: Ambon Island, Indonesia--History, Colonies--History, Political culture--Analysis
...representatives of Majapahit, Tidore, Ternate; from Bandanese, Buginese or Makasarese...been under the influence of Majapahit, Ternate and Tidore, and was in the process of...of Keffing kimelaha (village head) by Ternate. In each case the official was regarded...
5.
China and the Trade in Cloves, Circa 960-1435
Journal article by Roderich Ptak; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 113, 1993
Subjects: China--International trade, International trade--10th century, Spice industry--International trade
...in early intra-Asian and Euro-Asian trade was cloves. Cloves originated in the Moluccas, in particular from the islands of Ternate, Tidore, Moti, Makian, Batjan, and Ambon. From these islands cloves were either shipped north, through the Celebes and Sulu...
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magazine articles on: Ternate  - 6 results

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On.the.Origins of a Theory: This Year Marks the 150th Anniversary of One of the Most Significant Intellectual Breakthroughs in the History of Science. Paul Spencer Sochaczewski and David Hallmark Travel to Sarawak, Malaysia, in Search of Its Origins
Magazine article by Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, David Hallmark; Geographical, Vol. 77, December 2005
Subjects: Darwin, Charles--Research, Hallmark, David--Research, Sarawak, Malaysia--Origin, Sochaczewski, Paul Spencer--Research
...that he wrote three years later while in Ternate, in eastern Indonesia. Soaked in sweat...Indefinitely From the Original Type, headed it "Ternate, February, 1858" and sent the ten-page...1858, Wallace sent Darwin the so-called Ternate letter, in which he outlined his theory...
2.
The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
Magazine article; Whole Earth, Fall 2002
...validated, perhaps by Wallace himself who might then have expanded his few pages of speculation, written during a malarial fit on Ternate, into the same kind of factual compendium that Darwin composed, and that guaranteed the triumph of this view of life. So...
3.
Wallace Served Poorly
Magazine article by Charles H. Smith; Geographical, Vol. 78, March 2006
...changed and, if they did, how." But the evidence is quite to the contrary, at least in terms of hows. Not only does the 1858 Ternate essay not refer in any way to the Sarawak essay, but neither does it even mention the several papers Wallace published between...
4.
Evacuation Planning: A Matter of Life and Death; Are Your Employees Ready to Leave the Building in the Worst of Circumstances? If Not, Your Planning Should Start Here
Magazine article by Craig Schroll; Occupational Hazards, Vol. 64, June 2002
Subjects: Building evacuation, Buildings--Evacuation, Emergency management--Planning, Emergency preparedness--Planning, Industrial management, Occupational safety and health, Workplace accidents--Management
...building to ensure the safety of personnel and should not block access for emergency responders. Plans should include an al ternate assembly area in case the primary area is affected by the emergency. Personnel must be accounted for after an evacuation...
5.
Tearing a Nation Apart
Magazine article by Peter Carey; The World Today, Vol. 56, March 2000
Subjects: Indonesia, Minority & ethnic violence, Political power, Politics, Religion, Wahid, Abdurrahman
...relentless local politics has pitted against each other Christian reds7, Muslim whites and yellows; who favoured the Sultan of Ternate. Since December, some 1,655 have been reported killed with a further 1,219 wounded, and 2,500 disappeared Many of them are...
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newspaper articles on: Ternate  - 53 results

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Around the Nation
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 10, 2006
Subjects: Refuse and refuse disposal, Waste management
Around the Nation. Ternate folk lament plan to build landfill TERNATE, Cavite - People here are reportedly up in arms over...with many protesters, staged a rally in front of the Ternate Municipal Hall to air their grievances before Mayor...
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Cavite-Corregidor Kayak Marathon Set
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 6, 2009
Subjects: Marathons
...the waters of Manila Bay as Sun and Sea Sports Systems, JCI- Ternate ldquo;Mardicas rdquo; and the Philippine Kayaking Association...Kayaking Series (PKS) 2009, flags off at Caylabne Bay Resort in Ternate, Cavite and will circumnavigate the historic Corregidor Island...
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Caylabne Bay Resort; A New-Favored Hideaway
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, January 28, 2005
Caylabne Bay Resort; A New-Favored Hideaway. TERNATE, Cavite Nestled in a secluded cove along the rugged coast of this town is a new-favored tourism destination called Caylabne Bay...
4.
Tsunami Alert after Quake
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 21, 2007
Subjects: Earthquakes, Tsunamis
...tsunami warning. The 6.5-magnitude quake struck 130 miles from Ternate, the capital of Maluku island, and 230 miles from Manado, the...island, the US Geological Survey said. "We called authorities in Ternate and coastal areas to warn them of a potential tsunami," said...
5.
President Arroyo's Honors and a Complaint from Cavite
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 12, 2006
...about the proposed sanitary landfill in Ternate, Cavite, and the possible health hazards...applied to the municipal government of Ternate, Cavite for a zoning clearance to construct...a private property in Barangay Sapang, Ternate. Since the site lay within both a tourist...
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encyclopedia articles on: Ternate  - 2 results

 
 
1.
Ternate
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TERNATE terna ta, volcanic island (c.40 sq mi/100 sq km), E...to c.5,600 ft (1,710 m). The principal town, also called Ternate, is an important transit port for New Guinea and Halmahera...1650 and 1683, after which the Dutch were in control until Ternate became part of Indonesia. ____________________ Copyright...
2.
Moluccas
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...include Halmahera (the largest), Seram , Buru, Ambon , Ternate , and Tidore and the Aru and Kai island groups. Of volcanic...thereafter colonized by them; they established a trading center at Ternate. In the 17th cent. they were taken by the Dutch, who secured...


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