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The Dutch and English enclaves at Amboyna (top) and Banda-Neira (bottom). 1655 engraving. The Amboyna massacre [1] (also known as the Amboyna trial) [2] was the 1623 torture and execution on Ambon Island (present-day Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia) of twenty-one men, including ten in the service of the English East India Company, as well as Japanese and Portuguese traders and a Portuguese man, [3 ...
As recently as 2019, the Android version of the app was requiring access to all the users contact information (their address book) and even the users GPS location. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] YouVersion has updated their privacy policies as of April 2, 2022.
Its subject is the Amboyna massacre and the death of Gabriel Towerson that took place on Ambon Island in 1623. Dryden reportedly wrote the play in the short space of a month; he wanted to produce a topical piece, since England was at that time at war with the Dutch Republic . [ 1 ]
In 1654, Towerson's heirs and others received £3,615 from the Dutch East India Company in compensation for the events at Amboyna. [6] Towerson features in John Dryden 's 1673 play Amboyna, or the Cruelties of the Dutch to the English Merchants .
Since Martin Luther translated the Bible from Greek into German in 1522, it remains the best-selling book in the world. In spite of its controversy, the Bible can be found in homes, courtrooms ...
Amboyna or amboina may refer to: Amboyna, a play by John Dryden; Amboyna massacre, in 1623 in Indonesia; Amboina box turtle (Cuora amboinensis), of Asia; Amboina king parrot (Alisterus amboinensis), of Indonesia; Amboyna, a moth genus; Amboyna burl of Pterocarpus trees; Ambon Island, sometimes named Amboyna, part of the Maluku Islands of Indonesia
It’s my favorite book,” Trump said in a video posted to social media Tuesday, encouraging supporters to purchase the “God Bless The USA Bible.” “Religion is so important and so missing ...
Last week the Baby Shaker app received a lot of negative attention and was subsequently pulled from the App Store. Deservedly so; that game was tasteless. This week, Elaine Howard of the ...