The invasion of the Spice Islands was a military invasion by British forces that took place between February and August 1810 on and around the Dutch owned Maluku Islands also known as the Spice Island
View of the Island of Banda Neira – captured by a force landed from a squadron under the Command of Captain Cole in the morning of 9 August 1810
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Nutmeg is the seed, or the ground spice derived from the seed, of several tree species of the genus Myristica; fragrant nutmeg or true nutmeg is a dark-leaved evergreen tree cultivated for two spices
Invasion of the Spice Islands
…had uprooted a lot of the spice trees for transplantation throughout the British Empire. The Moluccas were known as the Spice Islands because of the nutmeg, mace and cloves that were exclusively found there. The presence of these sparked European colonial interest in the sixteenth century, starting with…
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Nutmeg tree (Myristica fragrans).
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