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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 ...
The Moluccas, often referred to as the "Spice Islands," were renowned for producing cloves, nutmeg, and mace—spices highly valued in Europe for their use in medicine, preservation, and flavoring food. Control over these islands meant access to immense wealth, making them a focal point of European colonial ambitions in the 16th and 17th centuries.
(Zipangri, the large island outlined in yellow, is Japan) Magellan (along with contemporary geographers) had no conception of the vastness of the Pacific Ocean. He imagined that South America was separated from the Spice Islands by a small sea, which he expected to cross in as little as three or four days. [97]
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 (or Moluccas) also known as the Spice Islands in the Dutch East Indies during the Napoleonic wars.
Juan Sebastián Elcano [1] (Elkano in modern Basque; [2] sometimes given as del Cano; [3] [1] 1486/1487 [4] – 4 August 1526) was a Basque navigator [n 1], ship-owner and explorer from Getaria, part of the Crown of Castile when he was born, best known for having completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth in the Spanish ship Victoria on the Magellan expedition to the Spice Islands.
American historian Laurence Bergreen says that Enrique was believed to be native of the Spice Islands. Magellan produced letters from a Portuguese acquaintance, Francisco Serrão, who located the Spice Islands so far to the east of Spain, that they lay in the area granted to Spain, rather than Portugal. This gave Spain an opportunity to claim ...
“Beau Monde is one of the Spice Islands brand’s most beloved spice blends,” Long says. “While we aren’t sure exactly when it was introduced, Beau Monde was included in a Spice Islands ...
Antonio Pigafetta (Italian: [anˈtɔːnjo piɡaˈfetta]; c. 1491 – c. 1531) was a Venetian scholar and explorer. In 1519, he joined the Spanish expedition to the Spice Islands led by Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, the world's first circumnavigation, and is best known for being the chronicler of the voyage.