January 24, 1667, the treaty of Breda was signed by England and the Netherlands

Rhun Island

January 24, 1667, the treaty of Breda was signed by England and the Netherlands. On the basis of this agreement, the Dutch should surrender its colonies in America to the England. This is the story...

Island R (h) un is one of the smallest island in the Banda Islands, Indonesia. This island has a length of 3 km and a width of less than 1 km. Administratively, this island including the district. Banda, Kab. Central Maluku. 


In the early days, Rhun are considered to have great economic importance because of the spices nutmeg obtained from the nutmeg tree (Myristica fragans) and is only found in the Banda Islands. Throughout the history of the spice trade, the second expedition voyagers British East India Company that James Lancaster, John Davis and John Middleton who settled in Banten, Java first reached the island in 1603 and build rapport with the locals. 

On December 25, 1616, Captain Nathaniel Courthope reached Run to defend it from VOC claims. Signed a contract with the local population who receive the King of England as the sovereign leader of the island. After four years of siege by the Dutch and the murder of Nathaniel Courthope in an ambush in 1620, British and local allies to leave the island without a fight.

According to the Treaty of Westminster ending the First Anglo-Dutch War of 1652-1654, Run should be returned to England. The first attempt in 1660 failed because of tensions with the Dutch; after the second attempt in 1665, British traders were expelled in the same year and destroying Dutch nutmeg trees.

After the Second Anglo-Dutch War of 1665-1667, the British and the Dutch United Provinces to make provisions in the Treaty of Breda: the British occupied the island of Manhattan who illegally occupied by the Duke of York (later James II, brother of Charles II) in 1664 and changed its name of New Amsterdam became New York City and Rhun handed over to the Netherlands. Dutch monopoly on nutmeg collapsed after removal of the nutmeg trees to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), Grenada, Singapore and other British colonies in 1817 after the occupation of the main island, Banda Besar, in 1810 by Captain Cole, who encouraged the collapse of Dutch supremacy in the spice trade. Until now there are still nutmeg trees that grow on the island of Run.  

Manhattan

Rhun Island

The fact of the 21st century, Manhattan had grown to be the largest business center and densest regions United States. Large companies to choose Manhattan as the United Nations headquarters. Meanwhile, the island of Run is still not much changed, still desert island with few inhabitants who float in the Banda Sea.