Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4122927 in Books
• Published on: 1993-12
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 304 pages

Synopsis
The only written accounts of Maluku (today the Moluccas) between the 16th and 18th centuries, are by Dutch and Iberian traders lusting for spices, but Andaya (history, U. of Hawaii) sifts those perspectives through the native beliefs about the four kingdoms of the realm and the duality between two of them to avoid a purely European, Christian, merc

Customer Reviews

Hard to find but well worth the trouble!
It is probably the most thoroughly-researched, best-written history of Maluku (especially North Maluku) ever written. All historical events described are cross-referenced with the sources.
The book is remarkable in that it puts an emphasis on trying to describe the troublesome history of contact between Malukans and Europeans from the native as well as the colonial point of view.
Unfortunately this book can be very hard to find but is certainly worth the trouble!
Can't praise it highly enough...