Timor

Judul	:	Timor
Penulis	:	Exposition Internationale d'Anvers
Penerbit	:	Agencia Geral das Colonias - Lisbonne
Bahasa	:	Prancis – Inggris
Tahun Cetak	:	1930
Halaman	:	20
ISBN	:	-
Sumber	:	http://espace.cdu.edu.au/
Download	:	Di Sini

The island of Timor is the largest of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in the Malay Archipelago. The north-eastern part of Timor, together with the small enclave of Ocussi and the islands of Cambing and Jaco, belong to Portugal, whilst the south-western half belongs to Holland and forms part of the Dutch East Indies.

The first Europeans 10 land on Timor were the Portuguese monk of the Larantuka mission. The Portuguese had already settled at Larantuka and the island of Solor, both of which were ports of call for the ships bound of Moluccas. The influence of the monk very soon spread all over the archipelago, and this brought about a combination of several Timorese chiefs with the Dutch, who invested and succeeded in seizing the Portuguese fortress. It was, however, re-captured by Miguel Rangel, and missionary work was carried out with such a success that many native chiefs were converted, together with a large part of the population.

At the close of the 17^th century the Portuguese Gonverment of India understood the adventages of keeping Timor under control, and sent Antonio Coelho Guerreiro as a Governor of Timor and Solor.

In 1859 a treaty was signed by Portugal and Holland in which a boundary through the central part of the island was described. A convention was signed in 1893, and another treaty was carried into effect in 1904. The capital of the Portuguese colony is now Dili, on the northern coast. The Portuguase headquerters had been Lifao, in Ocussi, for a long time.