Contents

Acknowledgments and Maps

Glossary

Prologue

1 Malacca – Where West Meets East

2 Jakarta/Batavia – The Queen of the East

3 West Java – One of the Great Train Journeys

4 Central Java – The Greatest Monument in the World?

5 East Java – The Majapahit Empire

6 Northern Java – The Spread of Islam

7 Bali – The Island of the Gods

8 Lombok/Sumbawa – Across the Wallace Line

9 Komodo – Here There be Dragons

10 West Flores – The Austronesian Villages

11 East Flores – The Pope Visits Indonesia

12 Larantuka/Solor – Of Priests and Pirates

13 West Timor – The Arrival of the West Monsoon

14 East Timor – The Enclave of Oecusse

15 East Timor – Portuguese Dili

16 East Timor – Invasion and Resistance

17 Timor Leste – Liberdade!

Bibliography

Index