Reading the islands from the sea - Indonesian Independence Movement | Zoonk

Reading the islands from the sea - Indonesian Independence Movement | Zoonk

Reading the islands from the sea

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A simple map-like view from the sea: several Indonesian islands seen as dark coastlines around blue water, with three labeled clues in the water—“ports,” “straits,” and “winds”—showing that the important connections are on the sea, not inland borders.

Start from the water

Before Indonesia was a country, the islands were already tied together by water. To understand that world, look from the sea: ports, straits, winds, and short crossings mattered as much as land borders.