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Afonso de Albuquerque learned of the route to the Banda Islands and other 'Spice Islands', and sent an exploratory expedition of three vessels under the command of António de Abreu, Simão Afonso Bisigudo, and Francisco Serrão. [17] On the return trip, Serrão was shipwrecked at Hitu island (northern Ambon) in 1512. There he established ties ...
An eighteenth-century map of Ambon and the Banda islands. The British force allocated to take Ambon left Madras on 9 October 1809. By the middle of the following February they arrived off the island the most considerable of the Dutch Spice islands and seat of government. On 6 February Dover captured the Dutch brig-of-war Rambang.
The Zanzibar Archipelago (Funguvisiwa la Zanzibar, in Swahili, Arabic: أرخبيل زنجبار) is a group of islands off the coast of mainland Tanzania in the sea of Zanj. The archipelago is also known as the Spice Islands. There are three main islands with permanent human settlements, Zanzibar island, Pemba island, and Mafia island.
Part of the map of Tanzania, showing the Spice Islands. Date: 28 May 2006: Source: Vectors self-made in Inkscape.
The sinking of the MV Spice Islander I on 10 September 2011, after departing from Unguja island for Pemba Island, was the worst disaster in Tanzanian history. In a report to the Zanzibar House of Representatives on 14 October 2011, Zanzibar's Second Vice President , Ambassador Seif Ali Iddi , said that 2,764 people were missing, 203 bodies had ...
Part of the map of Tanzania, showing the Spice Islands, and highlighting Zanzibar. Date: 28 May 2006: Source: Vectors self-made in Inkscape. Source was cropped from 2003 Political map of Tanzania at Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection — Tanzania. The maps are attributed to the US Central Intelligence Agency. Author: Mysid: Other versions
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to establish a colonial presence in the Indonesian Archipelago.Their quest to dominate the source of the spices that sustained the lucrative spice trade in the early 16th century, along with missionary efforts by Catholic orders, saw the establishment of trading posts and forts, and left behind a Portuguese cultural element that remains in modern-day ...
Location of the Banda Islands in the center of the Maluku Islands Map of the Banda Islands. The Banda Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Banda) are a volcanic group of ten small volcanic islands in the Banda Sea, about 140 km (87 mi) south of Seram Island and about 2,000 km (1,243 mi) east of Java, and constitute an administrative district (kecamatan) within the Central Maluku Regency in the ...