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He revealed that Makasar had a wide network of trade relations. It was in trade relations
with Manggarai, exported: Chinese trays, small Chinese gongs, large elephant tusks, axes,
machetes, red karikan, Selayar fabric and sword Tomboku; imported cinnamon, wax, and
slaves. Trade relations with Timor: exported the same commodities as those exported
to Manggarai, also dragam, touria Godia, bethilles, touriacindai (cotton flower), Chinese
silk and gold bracelet: imported: candles, sandalwood, slaves and ampere stone. Trade
relations with Alor and Tanimbar: exported: the same as the export to Manggarai with
the exception of a small type of elephant ivory; Imported: amperage stone, wax, hawks
bill turtle, and slaves. Trade relations with Bima: exports Chinese silk, Salampuri (a type
of white or colored cotton), gauze, and Makasar currency (kassa); Imports: assorted Bima
fabrics, horses, buffalos, and sapan wood. Trade relations with Buton: exports Indian silk,
salempuri, kassa, Dongri (a type of fabric to make the screen), KACI red cloth, red bethilles,
red karikan, and red giovoni (a kind of material of mouselini); imports male and female
slaves. Trade with Tomboku: exports in the form of assorted clothing, as well brown and red
bathilles; import a sword, the turtle, and candles. Trade relations with Seram is: exports in
the form of assorted merchandise; imports form masoi (a type of MassoiaAromatica bark,
which is used as a medicinal and incense fragrant). Trade relations with Mindanao: exports
in the form of assorted fabrics such as those exported to Buton, also bafta (a type of cotton
from Persia), blue sarampuri, and blue bathilles. Imports are in a form of cinnamon, wax,
slaves, gold, pearls, tobacco and hawksbill turtles. Trade relations with Sambuangan and
its surroundings; the same export of commodities exported to Mindanao; the same import
as that imported from Mindanao, including kauris (a type of white shells used as the bahar
root), ringgit Spain, and gold. Trade relations with Macao: exports such as sandalwood,
sapan, candles, wicker, ivory, pepper, and the ringgit Spain; imports of Chinese products
in the form of goods, such as: silk, gold jewelry, silk, copper, gongs, pan, root China,
various kinds of porcelain, and others. Trade relation with Manila: export of various kinds
of fabrics; imports in the form of ringgit Spain, gold, porcelain; Japanese copper, and
tobacco. Trade relations with Cebu: exports like those to Manila; the same import as of
Manila, also hawksbill turtles and sugar. Trade relations with Siam: export in the form of
sandalwood, swavel, and caurys; import of clothing, indigo, ivory and Japanese copper.
Trade relations with Cambodia: exports many types of textiles and sandalwood; imports:
including silk, bensui (Storax Bensoin), ivory, Japanese copper, copper kettle, porcelain
and more. Trade relations with Batavia: export in the form of timber, wax, hawksbill turtle,
slaves, and various kinds of currency; imports in the form of various types of textiles. Trade

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