Tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain.
Mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus.
1A day's sail took us off Amboyna, the capital of the Moluccas.
2He had brought with him, from Amboyna, his old companion, John Deyro.
3On leaving Amboyna, we accordingly shaped our course in that direction.
4He demanded compensation from the Dutch for the half-forgotten outrage of Amboyna in 1623.
5We came to an anchor off the town of Amboyna.
6Johore, Achem, Paham, Patane, Amboyna, and Bantam, were the most probable points of attack.
7The Portuguese were the first European nation to visit Amboyna (1511).
8Of this the Amboyna government gave a notable proof.
9On your arrival at Amboyna your first business must be to wait on Mr. Martin.
10Then there are the "Orang Sirani," as at Ternate and Amboyna.
11But there was always some fighting in the Far South East; and Amboyna was never forgotten.
12Massacre of the English at Amboyna, in 1623.
13Two or three native Christian schoolmasters have been sent over from Amboyna to teach the inhabitants.
14The four ships continued at Amboyna but twenty days, after which they set sail towards Malacca.
15All the voyage I was a lucky man, till we came to a place called Amboyna.
16Borneo supplied camphor, Amboyna nutmegs and mace, and two small islands, Temote and Tidor, offered cloves.