Nama : Wiweko Adityo Pujo P
Kelas : 3 eb 17
NPM : 28210567
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The
Great Post Road or known as Daendel’s Road is the road the access line connected
between west and east at northern part of Java. Its long is about 1,000 km. It
has initiated by Governor-General Herman Willem Daendels, this road is passing
through Serang, Tangerang, Jakarta, Bogor, Sukabumi, Cianjur, Bandung,
Sumedang, Cirebon, Brebes, Tegal, Pemalang, Pekalongan, Kendal, Semarang,
Denak, Kudus, Rembang, Tuban, Gresik, Surabaya, Sidoarjo, Pasuruan, Probolinggo
and Situbondo.
Daendels
was a marshal appointed as a governor general of East Indies by Lodewijk
Napoleon who ruling Holland. The ultimate target was handling military
preparation in anticipating British navy attack that had blockaded Java Island.
Daendel's most important military project in defending Java from British attack
by constructing a highway connecting west and east corner of this island. The
road was built by means of obliging indigenous rulers to mobilize people along
the route to work it by force. This road had sacrificed thousands life in
nearly a year of its building process. Later, the road was renowned as the
Great Post Road (De GootePostweg) since Daendels also set off post and
telegraph services at the moment of the making.
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