Spice Islands

English Etymology Refers to the importance of the islands for the supply of certain important spices. Clove trees are native to the Maluku Islands, and for some centuries a monopoly of supply existed, until plants were smuggled out and cultivated in Zanzibar. Proper noun p Spice Islands The Moluccas or Maluku Islands, an archipelago in Indonesia comprising the provinces of Maluku and North Maluku. en 1976 Ernest Stanley Dodge Islands and Empires: Western Impact on the Pacific and East Asia 3 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=RE5vls1XeEgC&pg=RA1-PA3&dq=%22Spice+Islands%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gxs9U_nyLoWikgXpxoHgCw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Spice%20Islands%22&f=false Blue leagues beckoned him, the Humboldt Current helped him north along the western Patagonian shore, fair trade winds sped him westerly when he set his course for the Spice Islands. en Edwin Williamson The Penguin history of Latin America 1992 Penguin Books London; New York 978-0-14-012559-7 5 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780140125597/page/5/mode/1up There followed a remarkable period of maritime expansion by the Portuguese, who by the end of the century would establish a sea route to the Indies, rounding Africa and crossing the Indian Ocean to reach the subcontinent itself and the Spice Islands that lay beyond. en 2006 Susheela Raghavan Handbook of Spices, Seasonings, and Flavorings 2nd http://books.google.com.au/books?id=m4vvs87XiucC&pg=PA8&dq=%22Spice+Islands%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gxs9U_nyLoWikgXpxoHgCw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Spice%20Islands%22&f=false 8 The Portuguese established trading ports at Goa, India, and Sri Lanka and moved farther east to Malacca, Malaysia, and the Spice Islands (the Moluccas) bringing back pepper, cloves, nutmeg, and mace. en 2010 Charles Edward Miller Pearce; Frances M. Pearce Oceanic Migration http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rhQxc4GW8soC&pg=PA4&dq=%22Spice+Islands%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gxs9U_nyLoWikgXpxoHgCw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22Spice%20Islands%22&f=false 4 Halmahera is the largest of the Spice Islands. In contexts involving foreign exploitation of spices, the term Spice Islands sometimes refers only to the five tiny clove-growing islands that lie off the western coast of Halmahera. The Zanzibar Archipelago, in the Zanzibar semi-autonomous region of Tanzania. 2008, Andrew Young, Memoirs of a World Traveler, Volume 1: Journeys of a Lifetime, page 170, I decided to prolong my stay in the Spice Islands until the upcoming Zanzibar Cultural Festival and International Film Festival, before heading back to Nairobi. Translations Moluccas German: de Gewürzinseln f-p Polish: pl Moluki nv-p