RE: Art explained by a writer - Stormy Night At Sea - Romanticism
During colonialism, there was no peace at all, and the war was all over Acheh, but for Indoenasi itself they had been for years with peace even the colonialism was able to construct local troops that were loyal to the Netherlands.
What I can tell you about my experiences when I was on various first climbing expeditions to remote mountains, we always wondered about the paths they made to climb to the top and build pillars on mountain peaks in Aceh. I had some pictures, but I need to find their whereabouts, I will send you later once I find it
For the Portuguese, they only had war and war, without even touching the land.
The effect has been huge both for Indonesia and Aceh recently, one that I can tell you clearly is about the Civil War in Aceh between the Indonesian government and ASNLF (Atjeh Sumater National Liberation Front) that the ASNLF still claims that Aceh is not part of Indonesia because Aceh never surrender under the colonial government, likewise other part of Indonesia.
Most of the main roads, and bridges, from Banda Aceh to Medan North Sumatera were built to mobilize the troops from Medan to Aceh.
Before the war declaration between the Colonials and the Aceheers (the sultanate of Aceh which was subject to the Ottoman Caliphate in Türkiye) already had long had trade relations with Portugal, France, England, Spain, China, India, and the Netherlands.
In fact, the port of Batavia was liberated by the Acehnese royal fleet from Portugal and Spain at the request of the sultan of the Banten kingdom at that time (if I remember correctly from several books I have read before Tsunami, all those books I have gone by the Tsunami in 2004)
It surprises me that countries in war for many years still have the energy to sail for 5 months till over 2 year to arrive with 1/3 of the crew, sick and tired still fighting seabattles, next on land...
A road isn't built in a day.
Can it be a benefit if Aceh isn't accepted? Do we all need to live by western standards, their time schedules, ideas about right,wrong? It doesn't feel as if there are more 'benefits' to gather, if at all.
It's strange how info of over 1500 years us safed, people always been registrated but we can't find anything back about this.
There's a reason why they left out that much. Perhaps the simple reason is the contact with Aceh is not long enough and no one cared as much about De Houtman as they did about the group who sailed North?
Most likely they fought each other most of all. Knowing where they came from, what was asked from them.
After the 1st and 2nd exledition crew members stayed behind out of free will. They wanted to stay. I assume they have offspring.
Pity these books are lost.
There's one called Revolusi the author travelked around spoke to people and tried to find out more about history this way.
I'll see if he wrote more.