The variety of nutmeg we're familiar with is native to the
Banda Islands in what is now Indonesia.
I had used an invitation to Manhattan as a way to go to those islands, the
Banda Islands in Indonesia.
The team from the University of Washington found nutmeg at an archaeological site on Pulau Ay, a small island in the
Banda Islands, central Maluku, Indonesia.
A colonial painting of the
Banda Islands introduces the 1621 voc massacre.
The less explored spots in South- East Asia, like Koh Samui, Krabi, Hua Hin, Phi- Phi Islands in Thailand; Langkawi, Penang Island, Malacca and Johor Bahru in Malaysia; Bali,
Banda Islands, Yogyakarta and Surabaya in Indonesia; and Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam are now being opted by Indian travellers at large," adds Malhi.
After arriving to much celebration in Ambon, many yachts spend some time cruising the surrounding islands, some heading north to the Philippines and Borneo, or west to Bali and beyond while others return to Darwin via a scenic route that takes in the
Banda Islands and Tanimbar Islands.
Keeling sent the larger vessel home and sailed East on the Hector to the
Banda Islands, then back to Bantam, which he departed in October 1609.
Nutmeg and mace, products of the same fruit, have their origins in the
Banda Islands, which for centuries were known as the "Nutmeg Islands." Atiny archipelago of the Moluccas Islands (historically also known as the Spice Islands) in Indonesia, they have, for hundreds of years been associated with an exotic aura of history and romance.
(3) The nutmeg estates of the
Banda Islands, in eastern Indonesia, provide a rare unequivocal example of a slave mode of production in Southeast Asia, and its sole instance in an agricultural context.
Topics include resistance and the status of the nation in East Timor, Filipino domestic workers and transmigrants as their own global nation, migration in Indonesia and Indonesians as Australians, the Butonese in the
Banda Islands, Bugis migration to Samarinda (East Kalimantan), Florenese women at home and abroad, and eastern Indonesian migrants and their shifting subjectivity.
Many of the well-preserved beaches are those in more isolated areas such as Karimunjawa, the Togian Islands and the
Banda Islands. With more than 17,000 islands, Indonesia also presents ample diving opportunities.
My research on Islam and European incursions during the late pre-colonial period in the
Banda Islands of Eastern Indonesia suggests that the influence of Islam cannot be disassociated from the people who brought its ideas to Southeast Asia, their social networks, particularly trade networks, and other localized factors as diverse as the effects of eating or not eating pigs on local ecological systems and the geographic situation of maritime trade ports and settlements.