0 Onrust island

Indonesia beautiful tourism - Onrust island called Ship Island. Onrust in Dutch means not peaceful, or violent, perhaps because the island had been a struggle between Dutch, English and Portuguese. The extent of only 12 hectares but keep the story a long history.

Onrust Island has been famous since 1618, when Holland made ​​it as an important base. According to records Endeavor shipmaster, Captain James T. Cook stopped at Onrust 1770, on this island there are sawmills and the Dutch fortress. British troops had stormed the island on November 8, 1800 and burned down all the buildings.

Year 1803, the Dutch managed to rebuild all of the havoc ravaged England. In 1810, British soldiers again attacked the island and destroy all the buildings in the Netherlands. But the Dutch built it back even more complete with a port made ​​of concrete.

The island is then increasingly important as a busy port. Its role as a port began to recede when the Port of Tanjung Priok in 1883 to replace its function. Then, in 1911, the island of Onrust switching function as a prison and post quarantine leprosy.

When the war broke out between Germany and the Netherlands in 1939, the Dutch used the island as a place of exile prisoners. Now, the island of Onrust, also Cipir Island, Angel Island, Island and Island Edam Kelor, by the Government of Indonesia is presented as the Archaeological Park Asylum Seribu.Wisata Islands Indonesia Paradise.

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