What were the Spice Islands?

The Moluccas: the northern islands of Ternate, Tidore, Makian, Moti and Bacan, where cloves grew, and the Banda islands, the only source of nutmeg and mace until the 18th century.

By island · Maluku

Moluccas

The spice islands: Ambon, Banda, Ternate, Tidore, Seram, Buru and Halmahera, the reason the VOC came east.

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Flora and Fauna · Moluccas

Engraving of a Sea Hogg, Amboina Fish, Stone Bream, Indian Herring Etc, Ca. 1744

1744 · 41.5 × 34.7 cm$390

Flora and Fauna · Moluccas

Old Hand-colored Print of a Rare Amboina Sailfin Lizard

1845 · 17 × 26.5 cm$255