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The Spice Islands' Secret Weapon: The Banda Before Coen
Most stories about the Banda Islands rush to the massacre of 1621. This episode steps back to the spice trade that made the Bandanese rich long before the Dutch arrived. We meet the hongi, the indigenous patrol fleets that policed the seas; the swangi, the ritual curses that protected groves; and the bandan, the small boats that carried nutmeg to Banda Neira's markets. We trace the roots of the trade to the Majapahit era, when Java's ports linked the islands to China and India, and we follow the Bandanese as they balanced sultanates, the Portuguese, the English, and the Dutch. Lucas…
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