"history" Karimunjawa Favorite Tip by aalayaa

Favorite thing: from the book sejarah kecil petite histoire indonesia by rosihan anwar:

at the beginning of 18th century, the islands were pirates's nest. the pirates were usually came from bugis.

during the dutch colonial time at the beginning of 18th century, a german named von michalovski was sent to clean the pirates from the islands and he became the head of the islands. he built a big house called hoge huis. later, he married a half dutch half timor girl named joanna.