Articles tagged ‘cinnamon’
History of the Spice Islands: Banda-part I
By Nick | October 17th, 2006 |
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Reading through an account of the history of the Spice Islands, the name Banda come up. Indonesia is such a fascinating place, and the European conquest of the country, started with the search for spices. Banda is located in Eastern Indonesia, close to Ambon.
A book I’m reading, about the European struggle for control of the [...]
Learning about Banda in Eastern Indonesia
By Nick | April 10th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
This evening I had dinner with Mike Hillis from Unexplored Adventures, a diving / jungle trekking business based in Ambon, in Eastern Indonesia. Mike was out there recently taking his PADI diving course. While he was there he spent a week in Banda, one of the islands the Dutch used for trading. Mike said that [...]
Indonesian spices: Revolutionary Trees - part IV
By Nick | March 27th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Mike Hillis writes about the revolutionary trees of Indonesia.
Banda and Ternate and a few adjoining islands were the only places on earth where nutmeg and cloves grew prior to the arrival of the Europeans. The spice monopoly secretly guarded for over a thousand years by the Arab, Chinese, and Indian traders was now broken! The [...]
Indonesian spices: Revolutionary Trees - part III
By Nick | March 27th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Mike Hillis writes about the revolutionary trees of Indonesia.
The tide changed dramatically in 1511. A Portuguese official by the name of Tome Pires was based in the coastal city of Malacca, which now sits in modern day Malaysia. Malacca had been the most prosperous trade outpost in Southeast Asia for centuries and was extremely important [...]
Indonesian spices: Revolutionary Trees - part I
By Nick | March 26th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Mike Hillis writes about the revolutionary trees of Indonesia.
History has shown that imagination has often fueled a number of outstanding human endeavors. People on every continent and on every little island have had the experience of looking out at the horizon during certain reflective moments and have wondered about life. Perhaps some have tried to [...]
