KnowraMaluku IslandsLinked fromLinked fromThe 27 pages that link to Maluku Islands, each with the reason it gives.All 27Broader topic 11Related 7Narrower topic 5Compared with 4Spice tradeBroader topic: Their rare spices drew long-distance merchants and eventually European expeditions.Spanish East IndiesBroader topic: Competition for the Moluccas drew Spain into the Asian spice trade and conflict with Portugal.WallaceaBroader topic: Their position and endemic wildlife capture Wallacea’s central-island character.Francis XavierBroader topic: Xavier preached in the Moluccas during his missions east of India.Indonesian cuisineBroader topic: These islands’ spices drew foreign traders and shaped global food histories.Indonesian archipelagoBroader topic: The Moluccas mark the archipelago’s eastern island world and connect to its maritime history.Malay ArchipelagoBroader topic: Their commodities made a small island group central to global trade.SpiceBroader topic: These islands were prized sources of spices that drew competing merchants and empires.Treaty of ZaragozaBroader topic: The islands’ spice wealth made them the central prize in the treaty’s dispute.Magellan expeditionBroader topic: The fleet reached the expedition’s central commercial destination after crossing the Pacific.CloveBroader topic: The clove tree is native to this archipelago.