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The first fleet, four Portuguese ships from Malacca, arrived in 1513. Batzaush had been conquered by Alfonso d'Albuquerque in 1511 when the Portuguese were looking for spices and especially pepper.

In 1595, Amsterdam merchants had set up an expedition to be sent to the Indonesia archipelago. Under the command of Cornelis de Houtman, the expedition arrived in Banten in 1596. The goods it brought back to the Netherlands only produced a modest profit to the merchants who had set up the expedition.


Semalam sepetang bersama nenek di buaian aku berbicara dengan beliau tentang zaman penjajah Belanda di Batavia.Nenek sekarang berumur 88 tahun tapi ingatan beliau amat menakjubkan.Sejarah telah banyak mengajar kita tapi masih kita belum mengkajinya.Aku masih teringat waktu aku di PFS dulu cikgu sejarah aku asyik berbicara tentang Prinsip Jusoli dan Divide andRule.Semalam aku interview nenek kerana begitu penting kita ikut susur galur supaya kita tidak akan menjadi kacang yang lupakan kulit.Beliau berkata dulu rakyat susah nak tengok duit rupiah pon jakun.Nenek aku adalah seorang tenaga pengajar di sebuah sekolah dengan gaji yang kecil.PAda masa itu nenek aku berumur 20 tahun tapi jasanya amat besar mendidik anak bangsanya di sekolah agama dan mengajar bahasa arab.Di kampung nenek ku tiada kemudahan asas dan taraf ekonominya hanya bergantung pada padi,cengkih,kopi dan segala kaya khazanah alam.Semuanya di ambil oleh Belanda dan dibawa pulang ke Eropah.Rakyat susah dan banyak yang dibeli oleh Belanda.Mereka menguasai ekonomi.Bukannya ramai orang mat salleh di kampung nenek aku tapi mereka begitu bijak dan berpengaruh.Mereka pun takut juga kepda rakyat tempatan.Tapi ramai yang menjadi tali barut penjajah.Itulah sebab kita dijajah.Bukan kerna kita ramai kita maju tapi kerna perpecahan,(PHD perangai hasad dengki, cetek ilmu dan ekonomi kita dijajah.Rakyat juga menjadi sengsara.

Maghrib pon berbunyi maka sesi aku bersama nenek terhenti kerna masa mencemburui kami.Tapi jiwa ku masih bergelora dan rebel without a cause.Aku masih bertanya?Kita masih buta dan alpa,kan bunda masih belum terdaya.

In 1613, prince Rangsang became king of Mataram in Central Java. The following year, he attacked the principality of Surabaya in the east. The man who would be remembered as Sultan Agung had started a series of successful campaigns against rival kingdoms and principalities on Java. In 1625, in addition to Central Java, Mataram was in control of central and eastern parts of the island's northern coast, called the Pasisir. Now Agung wanted to take on Banten and Batavia.

Agung launched a first offensive on Batavia in 1628. Having suffered heavy losses, he had to retreat. he launched a second offensive in 1629. The Dutch fleet destroyed his supplies and his ships in the harbours of Cirebon and Tegal. Mataram troops, starving and decimated by illness, had to retreat again.

However, Agung pursued his conquering ambitions to the east. He attacked Blitar, PanarukanBlambangan principality in Java's eastern salient, a vassal of the Balinese kingdom of Gelgel. Agung died in 1646. His son succeeded him under the title of Susuhunan Amangkurat.