In addition to ever made a public splash of the United States due to piracy of Friendship merchant ship (origin Salem City, Massachusetts), the Kingdom of Kuala Batu was also a sweet memory for the superpower. ! [image] ()
Before the events that led to the outbreak of a fierce battle involving the marines of the United States Navy, the Kingdom of Kuala Batu under the Sultanate of Aceh Darussalam, established a good relationship with spice traders from the city of Salem, USA.
The writings that tell the people of Kuala Batu relation with the merchants of Salem City are easily found in various websites, both Indonesian and English.
For Indonesian language reference, simply write the keyword "Kuala Batu" in google search engine, direct direct to various websites and blogs.
One of them is a wikipedia site which is an online encyclopedia that is quite famous in cyberspace.
As for the English-language reference, the keyword used is "Quallah Battoo".
Search Serambinews.com, the story of the Kingdom of Kuala Rock has also been recorded by a historian from the United States, Dr. Ronald Stephen Knapp.
However, in a book titled "Quallah Batto" released on August 29, 2017, Ronald Knapp more telling of the true story of the 1831 attack by people he calls a "cruel Sumatran pirate" against a pepper ship from the city of Salem, led by Captain Charles Moses Endicott.
The news of American deaths prompted President Andrew Jackson to send Potomac on his maiden voyage to deliver justice and show America's naval power to the world.
Traces of Aceh in the City Trade Seal
SERAMBINEWS.COM - In addition to making public spots in the United States due to piracy of Friendship ship (origin of Salem City, Massachusetts), the Kingdom of Kuala Batu also has good memories for the superpower.
Before the events that led to the outbreak of a fierce battle involving the marines of the United States Navy, the Kingdom of Kuala Batu under the Sultanate of Aceh Darussalam, established a good relationship with spice traders from the city of Salem, USA.
The writings that tell the people of Kuala Batu relation with the merchants of Salem City are easily found in various websites, both Indonesian and English.
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For Indonesian language reference, simply write the keyword "Kuala Batu" in google search engine, direct direct to various websites and blogs.
One of them is a wikipedia site which is an online encyclopedia that is quite famous in cyberspace.
As for the English-language reference, the keyword used is "Quallah Battoo".
Search Serambinews.com, the story of the Kingdom of Kuala Rock has also been recorded by a historian from the United States, Dr. Ronald Stephen Knapp.
However, in a book titled "Quallah Batto" released on August 29, 2017, Ronald Knapp more telling of the true story of the 1831 attack by people he calls a "cruel Sumatran pirate" against a pepper ship from the city of Salem, led by Captain Charles Moses Endicott.
The news of American deaths prompted President Andrew Jackson to send Potomac on his maiden voyage to deliver justice and show America's naval power to the world.
Salem City Trade Seals
However, the story of Kuala Batu was not merely about the battles involving US Navy warships, USS Potomac.
More than that, Kuala Batu once played a major role in the history of the city of Salem.
In the early nineteenth century, Salem's trade had helped the city become the richest man per capita in the United States.
The Salem.org website and www.crwflags.com write that the Salem City seal design used in the city's official trade in the past was inspired by trade relations with the Aceh Kingdom.
"Even Salem's seals, when reproduced correctly, still bear the image of an Acehnese," reads www.crwflags.com.
Reviewing the description of this Salem City trademark flag, crwflags.com writes.
"In 1654, Elihu Yale sent two employees
to Aceh, the largest independent empire in Sumatra, to establish pepper trade. Much of the pepper charge was to Salem, Massachusetts from Sumatra on November 6, 1846, at the brig Lucilla.
Since RAJAH Salem filled the first milk pepper, Salem held a dominant position in the trade.
Once the importance of its position, a hundred years later, in Australia, whole pepper is still known as "Salem Pepper".
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