Assignment 2 Daendels Road

Nama             :  Fendy
NPM / Kelas  :  22210720 / 3EB17

         Daendels Road also known as The Great Post Road is the name for the historical road that runs across Java that connects Anyer and Panarukan. It was built during the reign of governor-general of the Dutch East Indies Herman Willem Daendels (1808–1811). Daendels faced difficult conditions in Dutch East Indies when he was starting the road construction. The financial situation in the colony was so tight that the minister of Colonial Affairs in The Hague sent him a letter emphasizing the difficult financial situation and the need to reduce expenditures. English was surely a big threat, there were uprisings in Banten and Cirebon, and some of Daendels opponents, who were alienated from him, took a negative side against him. Daendels then decided to use Javanese unpaid forced laborers to perform most of the heavy work.
         The thousand-kilometre road was completed in only one year, during which thousands of Javanese forced labourers died. It's a remarkable achievement and that's why the name of Daendels and Post Road are so famous until now. The road now serves as the main road in the island of Java, called Jalur Pantura.

Reference :  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Post_Road