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
> With the aid of #Japanese #mercenaries, the Dutch launched several military expeditions against the Bandanese.. conquest culminated in the #Banda #massacre.. 2,800 #Bandanese killed.. 1,700 enslaved.. Along with starvation and constant fighting, the Bandanese.. could not continue to resist. and negotiated a surrender in 1621. Jan Pieterszoon Coen.. expelled the remaining 1,000..the #Dutch secured their valuable #monopoly on the #spice trade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_conquest_of_the_Banda_Islands
#NutmegsCurse #浪人 #侍 #傭兵
#傭兵 #侍 #浪人 #NutmegsCurse #spice #monopoly #dutch #Bandanese #massacre #banda #mercenaries #japanese