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- Fort de Kock was a 19th-century Dutch sconce fortification established over a hill in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia.
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Zubir Said: Born 22 July 1907 Fort De Kock, Dutch East Indies (now Bukittinggi, West Sumatera, Indonesia) Died: 16 November 1987 (aged 80) Joo Chiat, Singapore: Genres: Film scores and songs: Occupation(s) Composer: Years active: 1907–1987: Labels: Universal Music Group
Fort de Kock was a 19th-century Dutch sconce fortification established over a hill in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Around the fortification, a new settlement grew, which eventually grew into the city of Bukittinggi, the second largest city in West Sumatra. Although the remnants of the mound and some cannons can still be seen, the ...
Cape Town archivist Dan Sleigh’s epic historical novel Islands (2004) provides a detailed and comprehensive account of the Dutch East India Company’s colonial settlement of the Cape of Good Hope and of its outposts, including Mauritius, in the second half of the 17th century. Halfway between Europe and Batavia—the ‘Golden Orient’—the Cape is presented as a geographical, economic ...
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- 2020
Fort de Kock, Westkust van Sumatra, Dutch East Indies: Died: 14 March 1980 (aged 77) Jakarta, Indonesia: Resting place: Tanah Kusir Public Cemetery, Jakarta, Indonesia: Political party: Independent: Spouse
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Description. Fort de Kock is a 19th-century Dutch candlestick fort established on a hill in Bukittinggi, West Sumatra, Indonesia. Around the fort grew a new settlement, which eventually grew into the city of Bukittinggi, the second largest city in West Sumatra.
Mar 28, 2017 · A more accessible legacy of the Dutch East India Company is Fort Vredeburg in Java’s Yogyakarta – now a museum celebrating Indonesian independence from the Dutch. Originally constructed in 1760 and named Fort Rustenburg (“Resting Place”), it was destroyed by an earthquake in 1867 and rebuilt by Dutch East Indies colonialists – who ...
