Java Sea Day to Samarang Day 72

SAIL THE JAVA SEA
Traversed by merchant ships from the Dutch East India Company throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, the waters of the Java Sea witnessed one of the most economically successful trade relationships in history. The cargo holds of Dutch ships carried countless crates of spices from these shores back to The Netherlands, bolstering a nation's wealth and contributing to the famed Dutch Golden Age. More recently, the Allied naval forces of World War II defended Java from a Japanese attack in these waters. Spread throughout the Java Sea and beyond, today's nation of Indonesia encompasses more than 17,000 islands, a vast archipelago of lush beauty.Read more