Fort Nassau Nutmeg Trade Site (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Fort Nassau Nutmeg Trade Site

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Benteng (Fort) Nassau was built in 1609 and was the first Dutch fort built on Banda Naira Island, the main island of the Banda Islands, part of Maluku in Indonesia. It was built to control the trade of nutmeg, which was only available from the Banda Islands at the time.

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Andrew Lawless

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