ran aground. The Dutch responded by forming an alliance with the raja of Seba, so troops could be sent in to retaliate. However, they failed to enter the fortress of Hurati, in B'olou Village of Eastern Savu, as it was ringed by three defensive walls. To save face, the Dutch force accepted payment in the form of slaves, gold, and beads. In 1770, Captain James Cook visited Savu, staying three days before continuing on to Batavia. It was the first European voyage to have scientists on board. During the three-year expedition, botanists Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander collected over 3,500 plant species along with specimens of animals, minerals, and ethnographic materials that on their return fascinated Europeans. Cook's visit to Savu was brief, and though Banks and he produced detailed records of the island and its people, their accounts were based for the most part on information provided by Mr Lange, the German representative of the Dutch East India Company, who was stationed on Savu at the time. References Further reading Fox, James. (1971) A working bibliography on the islands of Roti, Savu, and Sumba. Fox, James J. (1972) "The Sawunese", in F. Lebar (ed.) Ethnic Groups of Insular Southeast Asia, 1:77-80. New Haven, Connecticut: Human Relations Area Files Press. Fox, James J. (1977) Harvest of the Palm: Ecological Change in Eastern Indonesia. Cambridge, Massachusetts and London, England: Harvard University Press. Fox, James J. (1979) "The Ceremonial System of Sawu" in A. Becker and A. Yengoyan (eds.) The Imagination of Reality: Essays on Southeast Asian Coherence Systems. Norwood, New Jersey: ABLEX Publishing Corporation. Fox, James J. (1980) The Flow of Life: Essays on Eastern Indonesia, Harvard Studies in Cultural Anthropology Duggan, Geneviève and Hägerdal, Hans (2018) Savu: History and Oral Tradition on an Island of Indonesia External links The Savu Islands by Savunese expat, Francesca Von Reinhaart. Academic research on Savu by Geneviève Duggan. Savu-Raijua Tourism. Lesser Sunda Islands Islands of Indonesia Landforms of East Nusa Tenggara Outer Banda Arc