Spice Islands

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archipelago historical region

The Spice Islands are a historic group of Indonesian islands, chiefly in the Maluku archipelago, famed as the world’s original source of valuable spices like cloves and nutmeg that drew intense European colonial competition.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Isle of Spices 1
Maluku spice islands 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
colonizedBy Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Ambon Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
Banda Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Halmahera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ternate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tidore NERFINISHED ⓘ
controlledBy Dutch East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Indonesia ⓘ
economicImportance monopoly on cloves ⓘ
monopoly on nutmeg ⓘ
exploredBy Ferdinand Magellan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Francis Drake NERFINISHED ⓘ
Portuguese navigators ⓘ
Spanish navigators ⓘ
exportedTo Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadConflictOver clove monopoly ⓘ
nutmeg monopoly ⓘ
historicalEra Age of Exploration NERFINISHED ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ
historicallyKnownAs Moluccas NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor cloves ⓘ
mace (spice) NERFINISHED ⓘ
nutmeg ⓘ
pepper ⓘ
languageRegion Austronesian languages ⓘ
locatedIn Maluku Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
eastern Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCity Ambon NERFINISHED ⓘ
motivated Age of Discovery voyages ⓘ
European exploration of Asia ⓘ
partOf Malay Archipelago NERFINISHED ⓘ
Province of Maluku NERFINISHED ⓘ
Province of North Maluku NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionRegion Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
sea Banda Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ceram Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
subjectOf Treaty of Tordesillas disputes ⓘ
Treaty of Zaragoza (1529) NERFINISHED ⓘ
wasCenterOf clove trade ⓘ
nutmeg trade ⓘ
spice trade ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jade Sea → borderedBy → Spice Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Isle of Spices
Kai Islands → historicalRegion → Spice Islands ⓘ
Lease Islands → historicalRegion → Spice Islands ⓘ
Molucca Sea → historicallyAssociatedWith → Spice Islands ⓘ
Aru Islands → historicallyTradedWith → Spice Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maluku spice islands
Banda Neira → locatedIn → Spice Islands ⓘ
Banda Islands → partOf → Spice Islands ⓘ
North Maluku Province → partOf → Spice Islands ⓘ
Ternate → partOf → Spice Islands ⓘ
Tidore → partOf → Spice Islands ⓘ
Alvaro de Saavedra → placeOfActivity → Spice Islands ⓘ
subject surface form: Álvaro de Saavedra