Travelers crossing one of the store rooms of various figures diorama world explorers at the Museum Bahari, North Jakarta. Previously, the building was used as a storage and packing of spices by VOC.
Bernice de Jong Boers Anthropologist (1994) calls, airport Bima, West Nusa Tenggara, in the past visited by ships from foreign countries.
Triumph of the Kingdom of Bima in the past (like the other kingdoms in the archipelago) is supported by the ability to produce resource-based agriculture and forest products-as well as mastery of the sea as a trade route.
Adrian B Lapian (2008) writes, the archipelago in the past is small kingdoms scattered islands, linked economic and cultural activity. At times, politically joined in greater unity.
Communication, inter-island traffic occurs because citizens develop a network of maritime, technology supported ship, navigation skills and a strong entrepreneurial spirit.
With the dominance of the territorial waters, whoever controls maritime route, he came to power.
Milky is the ruler of the kingdom of the Eastern archipelago 17th century until the 19th century. Milky strength increases after an alliance with the Sultanate of Gowa in Sulawesi through marriage. Milky powers include the eastern part of the island of Sumbawa and western Flores area.
"This is the Milky former naval flag," said Siti Maryam (87), doctor of philology who is also the daughter of the sixth Sultan of Bima last, Muhammad Salahuddin. She pointed flag shabby, almost without citizen again, mounted on the wall Mbojo Asi Museum, Milky. Powered strong fleet, the Milky power up to Manggarai, Flores.
Progress culture and maritime-based economy when it can also be seen from the airport Bima law, the Kingdom of the Milky Bo, a manuscript stored in the Museum of the Milky Samparaja. "The law that regulates agriculture, governance, to shipping," said Mary.
Bima Airport Act, as well as the sea laws of the Sultanate of Gowa, Amanna Gappa, giving reference voyagers, such as the requirements to become the skipper, the marketing, and profit sharing. "Surprisingly," says Mary, "Now our country has not been maritime law."
Setback maritime tradition started since the arrival of Western nations, especially the Dutch who controlled the archipelago up to 3.5 centuries. On the other kingdoms of Bima and Sumbawa, the decline was also influenced by the eruption of Tambora in April 1815 and the Kingdom of the Kingdom Papekat buried Tambora eruption destroyed it.
Milky also lose half the number of residents. The largest volcanic eruption on Earth in modern human history, killing about 91,000 people in Sumbawa, Lombok, Bali.
Dutch wear eruptions moment it's getting power plug. "Dutch handed the former Kingdom of Tambora to the Sultanate of Bima. However, surrender the territory to be exchanged with the Milky region in Manggarai," said Mary.
Milky which was originally a cross-island maritime empire into mainland empire. Bima urgently to the mainland, Dutch ships freely control the cruise line.
In 1857, the Sultanate of Bima was forced to sign a contract agreement and recognition of the Dutch East Indies. Then the Netherlands set a customs tax, shipping tax, export tax, and income tax - marks the end of the Milky sovereignty.
Kingdom of Bima Airport Netherlands again despite not broken up from the archipelago.
This is a portrait of the Milky Bandar is now: a small port that no longer serve the export-import activities, not having the shipbuilding industry, the lack of a reliable fleet of ships and sailors. Far from the picture of the past glory of Bima Airport.
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