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Bintan Island or Negeri Segantang Lada is an island in the Riau archipelago of Indonesia.It is part of the Riau Islands province, the capital of which, Tanjung Pinang, lies in the island's south and is the island's main community.
The destruction of Pago did not stop the raids. In 1521, the Captain of Malacca Jorge de Albuquerque made preparations to attack the island of Bintan, he mustered a force of 600 men and 18 ships [3] [4] he was joined by Antonio de Brito who was already in Pasai reinforcing the fortress with 3 ships and leaving some men there in case of attack [5] [6] Bintan was about 40 leagues from Malacca ...
Sri Lanka, [a] historically known as Ceylon, [b] and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean , southwest of the Bay of Bengal , separated from the Indian peninsula by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait .
National Geographic announces four new Signature Land Expeditions. The trips include expeditions to Australia, Portugal and the Azores, Sri Lanka, and Southern Africa. Furthermore, trips that have ...
The city of Bintan was located on a small island, connected by a fortified bridge to a larger crescent-shaped island that surrounded it. The Portuguese found its main defenses to be the mangrove swamps that made landings perilous, complemented by a moat surrounding the city, poisoned timber stakes, and a tall stockade furnished with artillery ...
The report spawned rising hopes among the fisherfolk. “There was a sense of confidence: ‘OK, a body from within the World Bank Group has come out strongly in our favor,’” says Himanshu Damle, a researcher with the Bank Information Center. “Expectations rose as a result of that, thinking that the World Bank president would step in.”
An ambalama (Sinhala: අම්බලම) is a place constructed for pilgrims, traders and travellers to rest in Sri Lanka. This is a simple structure designed to provide shelter for the travellers. [1] The last examples of anbalange remained until about the end of the 1970s. There were no charges involved in using an Ambalama. [2]
Sammanthurai is an important and historical place of Sri Lanka.It was the first place where Dutch people arrived in Sri Lanka. Sammanthurai derives its name from ‘Sampan,’ the vessel, Thurai , the Harbor or port and the sailor of Sampan called as 'Hambankaraya' (Sinhala) or ‘Sammankaran’(Tamil) who were Muslims from India who came for the trade.