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synonyms: Spice Islands ???
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Definition:an archipelago within Banda Sea, Indonesia.The islands were known as the Spice Islands due to the nutmeg, mace and cloves that were originally exclusively found there, the presence of which sparked colonial interest from Europe in the 16th century.Between 1999 and 2002, conflict between Muslims and Christians killed thousands and displaced half a million people.[...]text from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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also written Maluku Islands
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during which time, we were driven a little to the east of the Molucca Islands, and about three degrees northward of the line, as our captain found by an observation he took the 2nd of May, at which time the wind ceased, and it was a perfect calm, whereat I was not a little rejoiced.
Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World (1726)
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De Grijalva then decided to head toward California. Sadly for him, the winds drove him back, and when he refused the crew's pleas to run with the wind to the Moluccas, they killed him.J. Maarten Troost. The Sex Lives of Cannibals, p.109 (2004)
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Ambroise Paré. The Workes of that famous Chirurgion Ambrose Parey (published: Latin in 1579, English in 1649), p.689, https://archive.org/stream/workesofthatfamo00par#page/689/mode/1up
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