Spice Islands (disambiguation)
The Spice Islands typically refers to the Molucca Archipelago in the modern Indonesian provinces of Maluku and North Maluku. Historically, this lucrative part of the (Dutch) East Indies also included other nearby islands, including Sulawesi (Celebes).
It occasionally also referred to the Zanzibar Archipelago including Pemba off East Africa.
Spice Island, Island of Spice, or Spice Isle may refer to either
- Granada in the Antilles
- Portsmouth Point
Other
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