A Google Earth Tour Of Forts In Indonesia Part 1 Ternate Island

Pulau Ternate (Ternate Island) is a mysterious island in Indonesia. One of the main Islands involved in the attempt by the Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, and British, to take of the trade of nutmeg. Often referred to as "the spice islands", the European invasion of Indonesia is very under-played, considering nearly 90% of the Indonesian population was wiped out over the course of centuries. Fortunately the strong Indonesian people survived and thrived, and we are now left with the fragmented history from which we can try to glean some truth. Once again it seems these fortifications including the star forts are either themselves ancient structures or built on top of an ancient site. Though history tells us the European fight in Indonesia was for the spice trade, I think there is sufficient evidence to show they were actually there to find and secure these ancient sites or structures. This seems to be the case for most star forts and other ancient sites, as many explorers who discover these sites have some sort of knowledge of what they are looking for and where to find it. This is just a theory of what happened here, but it would explain things a lot better than the official story ! There are a lot more pics and video of each of these places online and a lot more very interesting information like how Francisco married an Indonesian woman and refused to go back to Malacca when told to return. His crew became mercenaries on Ternate ! Lots more to learn about this island and ancient Indonesia, check it out !

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2. Distant Lands by Hanu Dixit
3. Digital Memories by Unicorn Heads
4. Inescapable by Ugonna Onyekwe

Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Magellan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Serr%C3%A3o
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Tolukko
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Kastela
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Oranje_(Ternate)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Kalamata
https://www.indonesia-tourism.com/north-maluku/benteng_kota_janji.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolire_Lake
https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danau_Tolire

Imagery

Google Earth

Francisco Picture
By No - Internet, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=69085633

Rocket Ship
NASA/George Roberts
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/msl/launch/index.html

Fort Tolukko 1, 2
Tropenmuseum, part of the National Museum of World Cultures
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Fort Oranje 1, 2, 3, 4
Tropenmuseum, part of the National Museum of World Cultures
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Fort Kastella Drawing
By Anonymous - Chatelain reproduction of original dated 1720 titled "Principal Dutch forts of the Indies", Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45865274

Ruins of Kastella, Ternate
By Fifteen22 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45865275

Kalamata benteng.jpg
By id:user:BP34Itang - id:Benteng Kalamata, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45875025

Benteng Kalamata 2, 3
FLICKR user Fabio Achilli
https://www.flickr.com/photos/travelourplanet/15012708550
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Fort Kalamata 4
Tropenmuseum, part of the National Museum of World Cultures
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Tolire Lake 1
Tropenmuseum, part of the National Museum of World Cultures
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

Tolire Lake 2
FLICKR user Fabio Achilli
https://www.flickr.com/photos/travelourplanet/15197982332
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/