bs2 · @bsmall2
195 followers · 3346 posts · Server mstdn.jp> ..to completely chase all the #Bandanese from the land.. as efficiently as possible.. a contingent of eighty Japanese mercenaries to his forces: they are #ronin, or #MasterlessSamurai. Not only are they cheaper and hardier than European #soldiers, they are also professional #swordsmen and highly skilled #executioners, experts in the arts of #decapitation and #dismemberment.
#AmitavGhosh in #NutmegsCurse on #Samurai #mercenaries for the #Dutch in #Indonesia's #BandaIslands #Amboyna
#Amboyna #BandaIslands #indonesia #dutch #mercenaries #samurai #NutmegsCurse #AmitavGhosh #dismemberment #decapitation #executioners #swordsmen #soldiers #MasterlessSamurai #ronin #Bandanese
bs2 · @bsmall2
196 followers · 3346 posts · Server mstdn.jp
#AmitavGhosh starts _The #NutmegsCurse here among #Indonesia's #BandaIslands. It's great book: several of #Ponsonby and #AnneMorelli's Principles of #WarPropaganda start here in #Ambon, or #Amboyna later. The #Dutch traded #Manhattan for the little island #Run. It's so small you need to focus-in on a focus-in of a part of a map covering from India to New Guinea. the map is from p12 of #AlisonGames _Inventing the #English #Massacre, Amboyna.. (Previous posts mistakenly tagged #AmitovGhosh)
#AmitovGhosh #massacre #english #AlisonGames #run #manhattan #dutch #Amboyna #ambon #warpropaganda #AnneMorelli #Ponsonby #BandaIslands #indonesia #NutmegsCurse #AmitavGhosh