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The Maluku Islands (/ m ə ˈ l uː k uː, m æ ˈ l uː k uː / mə-LOO-koo, mal-OO-; Indonesian: Kepulauan Maluku) or the Moluccas (/ m ə ˈ l ʌ k ə z / mə-LUK-əz) are an archipelago in the eastern part of Indonesia. Tectonically they are located on the Halmahera Plate within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone.
The Molucca Sea (Indonesian: Laut Maluku) is located in the western Pacific Ocean, around the vicinity of Indonesia, specifically bordered by the Indonesian Islands of Celebes (Sulawesi) to the west, Halmahera to the east, and the Sula Islands to the south. The Molucca Sea has a total surface area of 77,000 square miles (200,000 square kilometres).
Map of the Maluku Islands. 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 Portugal who virtually held a monopoly on the spice trade.
The Maluku Islands (formerly the Moluccas) are a group of islands within Indonesia. The region is administered under two provinces: Maluku and North Maluku . Major islands in the province of North Maluku
Maluku Province is the south part of the Maluku Islands (that part south of the Seram Sea on this map). Ambon Island; Aru Islands (Kepulauan Aru) Banda Islands (Kepulauan Banda) Buru Island, including offshore Ambelau Island; Kai Islands (Kepulauan Kai) Gorong archipelago (Pulau-pulau Gorong)
The Dieppe maps are a series of world maps and atlases produced in Dieppe, France, in the 1540s, 1550s, and 1560s. ... had just arrived at the Moluccas, and of the ...
In 1950 an independent Republic of the South Moluccas (Indonesian: RMS, Republik Maluku Selatan) was proclaimed at Ambon. The RMS had strong support among the Ambonese and former Moluccan KNIL soldiers. As a consequence the Moluccan soldiers located outside the South Moluccas demanded to be discharged at Ambon.
Early map of northern Maluku made during the Age of Discovery. North is on the right, with Ternate as the rightmost followed by Tidore, Mare, Moti and Makian islands. The bottom is the Gilolo (Jailolo or Halmahera) Island. The inset on the top is Bacan Island. Willem Blaeu, 1630 Colonial-era painting of Ternate island, c. 1883–1889.