Category: General
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Wildlife Hunters
The Dutch and Europeans are well-known wildlife hunters . They are responsible for killing endangered animals in Sumatra.
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White Society
De Witte Sociëteit Medan or The White Society , as the name said, is a White Supremacist club established in Medan. The Dutch White Supremacist club ‘Sociëteit de Witte’ was founded in September 1879. A provisional accommodation was built in 1882. A new building was built in 1887 at Esplanade, next to the post office. The Club…
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Planter
Overdruk uit DE PLANTER No. 553 30 April 1934 van Hel Tweede Hoofdstuk (tweede deel) der historische samenvatting omtrent het vijf en twintig – Jarig bestaan der V.v. A. I. D. VAKVEREENIGING VOOR ASSISTENTEN IN DEU DE GESCHIEDENIS VAN DE ASSISTENTENREGELING • „Ik houd er aan vast, dat voor de Assistentenregeling ter…
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Children’s souvenirs
Louis Couperus. 1911. Tell me, I say; tell me from Deli … “Oh,” my wife says, and she shudders, her hands covering her face for a moment. Those three years in Deli … I’ll never forget them. I was ten years old, thirteen when we left. I had such a romantic childhood that I really…
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DELI PLANTER
INLEIDINGMet dit boek heb ik beoogd een getrouw beeld te geven van het lief en het leed in mijn 15-jarige plantersloopbaan ondervonden.Zooveel mogelijk heb ik getracht geen verkeerde voorstellingen te wekken omtrent het leven in de tropen, daar ten onrechte enkele uitzonderingsgevallen tot generaliseeren zouden kunnen leiden.In het plantersleven is de strijd om het bestaan…
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Report from Imperial Ching’s Envoy
Yen Ching Wang on 1886 Chinese fact finding mission In the last two decades of the nineteenth century, China had diplomatic representatives stationed in most Western capitals. The first imperial Chinese consulate was set up in Singapore at the end of 1877. All Chinese diplomats were required by the Ch’ing government to report regularly to…
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Chinese of Deli
De Bruin, 1918 In addition to the Chinese, destined for work on the Deli tobacco enterprises, over the years thousands of others have come from China to seek a living in the rapidly expanding Deli as traders, craftsmen, etc. In the various places, each of which forms a center of the surrounding enterprises, trade and…
Stories from Deli 