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The Spice Islands: Portugal's Clove Monopoly and the Banda Massacre
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into Portugal's brief but brutal grip on the world's cloves. From the first European ships reaching the Banda Islands in 1512 to the devastating massacre of 1621, they trace how a tiny archipelago became the center of a global obsession. Along the way, they meet figures like Afonso de Albuquerque, who never made it to the Spice Islands, and the Dutchman Jan Pieterszoon Coen, whose actions ended Portuguese influence. The conversation also touches on the sultanate of Ternate and Tidore, the role of the Portuguese fort at Ambon, and how the spice…
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