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Spice Islands   /spaɪs ˈaɪləndz/   Listen
Spice Islands

noun
1.
A group of island in eastern Indonesia between Celebes and New Guinea; settled by the Portuguese but taken by the Dutch who made them the center for a spice monopoly, at which time they were known as Spice Islands.  Synonym: Moluccas.






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"Spice Islands" Quotes from Famous Books



... for the four hundred and forty-two monkeys, for the plantain-eaters, the fruit-pigeons of the Spice Islands that feed on nutmegs, for the toucans and the flocks of parrots, parroquets, cockatoos, and other fruit-eating birds. As they did not know how to can fruit in those days, and dried fruit would be altogether unsuitable, there must have been a large green-house for raising all manner ...
— The Deluge in the Light of Modern Science - A Discourse • William Denton

... doubt, the principal depository of his treasures, yet remained untouched. Affecting to consider this country as falling without the governor's jurisdiction, he immediately turned a large fleet, which he had intended for the Spice Islands, in the direction of South America; and in March, 1534, he landed in the bay of Caraques, with five hundred followers, of whom half were mounted, and all admirably provided with arms and ammunition. It was the best equipped and the most formidable ...
— History Of The Conquest Of Peru • William Hickling Prescott



Words linked to "Spice Islands" :   Republic of Indonesia, island, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies



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