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The Spice Islands: Nutmeg, Cloves, and the Birth of Global Monopoly
The Spice Islands, or Maluku Islands, were the world's only source of nutmeg and cloves for centuries. This episode traces how Arab, Chinese, and later European powers competed for control of these tiny volcanic islands. We follow the Banda Islands' nutmeg groves, the trade networks of the sultanates of Ternate and Tidore, and the violent arrival of the Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, and English. Key figures include Sultan Baabullah, who expelled the Portuguese in 1575, and Jan Pieterszoon Coen, the VOC governor who orchestrated the Banda Massacre in 1621 to enforce a monopoly. We…
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