Articles tagged ‘Jan Pieterszoon Coen’
History of the Spice Islands: Banda-part II
By Nick | October 17th, 2006 |
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After the Dutch got a foothold in the Banda’s, they went all out to gain a monopoly on the spice trade. Here’s how it happened.
Banda: Caught in a time warp in Indonesia
By Nick | May 1st, 2006 | Add a Comment »
Banda is a part part of Central Maluku province and has an interesting history. Here’s what my guidebook says about Banda. ‘Nine small volcanic islands 160km SE of Ambon on the NE fringe of the Banda Sea, the Banda Group became world famous from the 17th-19th centuries as the original Spice Islands of the Dutch [...]
