Commodities and the Dynamics of Commercial Shipping Activity at Gorontalo in 19th Century

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10.2991/978-2-38476-070-1_60How to use a DOI?

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Commodity; Dynamics; Shipping; Commerce; Gorontalo

Abstract

The aim of this study is to describe and analyze of Gorontalo port which had important role and position in the trade shipping network in the archipelago because of its geographical location connecting Singapore, Ternate, Tomini Bay and Makassar. This condition is strengthened by the avail ability of various agricultural, forest and mining commodity products that are traded in international markets. The existence of these commodities then attracted local and foreign traders to conduct trade shipping activities in Gorontalo. This paper aims to describe the types of commodities and the dynamics of trading shipping activities in Gorontalo in the nineteenth century. The method used in this paper is historical method which includes heuristic, criticism, interpretation and historiography stages. This paper proves that in the nineteenth century, Gorontalo was able to produce various important export commodities, such as gold, coffee, cotton, copra, rattan, resin and sandalwood. This prompted the Dutch East Indies colonial government to implement a number of rules and policies on commercial shipping in Gorontalo. The commercial shipping network of Gorontalo with other regions in the Dutch East Indies has also been growing since the entry of the Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij (KPM). However, the dynamics of commercial shipping of Gorontalo in the nineteenth century was also marked by piracy and smuggling activities.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hasanuddin Anwar
AU  - Retno Sekarningrum
AU  - Muhammad Nur Ichsan Azis
AU  - Irna Saptaningrum
AU  - Hendri Gunawan
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/06/27
TI  - Commodities and the Dynamics of Commercial Shipping Activity at Gorontalo in 19th Century
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Linguistics and Cultural (ICLC 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 717
EP  - 733
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-070-1_60
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-070-1_60
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