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Revision as of 17:46, January 13, 2012

Achine

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Achine town profile


Achine (alias Achin) is a former name for what is now the province of Acer in northern Sumatra.[1] The sultanate of Aceh was a powerful and independent state in the early seventeenth century, which resisted encroachment by the Dutch.



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Sir George Oxenden correspondence

Sappon wood, 1662


"Dom ffrancise de Lima Sig:r Antonio de mello de Cassro & another [2 words in original manuscript] fidalga haveing had a pcell off solor Sappon [could be "Jappon"] Wood lyeing upon theire hands now upwards of a yeare, it was by them offered unto mee ?for sale w:ch knowing it, to bee of an excellent sort transcending y:t of Callicutt, Cochin, Zeilon, Achine, Siam, Etc:a & itts price reasonable viz:tt 61:x:[“x” in original manucript, presumably "ten"]ss y:e Candy of this place, I adventured on it, & allready paid downe upon it 2000:x:ss y:e whole quantity amounting to a bout 300: Cands, bebesides 100: Candys more of Dom francisco de Lima who desires y:t hy may accompany y:e Rest wheresoever it is sent without altering its property"[2]



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Pires, Tomé, Suma Oriental que trata do Mar Roxo até aos Chins ['Summa of the East, from the Red Sea up to the Chinese'] (Unpublished at time of writing, 1512-1515)

- Modern edition: Cortesão, Armando, The 'Suma Oriental' of Tomé Pires: An Account of the East, from the Red Sea to China, 2 vols., (XXXX, 1944) , new edn. 1990
  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aceh, viewed 13/01/12
  2. 11th November 1662, Letter 2 from Henry Gary to Sir GO, On board Castle of Agoada, Goa