Macassar Road (nautical term for nearby waters)

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Macassar Road is a historical nautical term referring to the anchorage and surrounding waters off the port of Makassar (formerly Macassar) in Indonesia, used by sailing ships engaged in regional and long-distance trade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical anchorage
nautical term
associatedWith maritime trade in the Indonesian archipelago
port of Makassar
sailing ship routes in eastern Indonesia
category anchorages of Indonesia
historical nautical terminology
functionedAs roadstead
hasLanguageOfOrigin English
hasSpellingVariant Makassar Road NERFINISHED
historicalNameVariantOf Makassar Road NERFINISHED
locatedIn Indonesia
Makassar NERFINISHED
South Sulawesi NERFINISHED
Sulawesi NERFINISHED
waters off Makassar
namedAfter Macassar (historical spelling of Makassar) NERFINISHED
nauticalContext anchorage and nearby waters
refersTo anchorage off the port of Makassar
relatedTo European sailing ship routes to the East Indies
trade between Indonesia and other regions of Asia
timePeriod Age of Sail NERFINISHED
early modern period
usedFor anchoring sailing ships
long-distance trade
regional trade

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Macassar historicalNameVariant Macassar Road (nautical term for nearby waters)