• Thumbnail for Banda Islands
    The Banda Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Banda) are a volcanic group of ten small volcanic islands in the Banda Sea, about 140 km (87 mi) south of Seram...
    37 KB (4,274 words) - 21:18, 2 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Banda Sea
    The Banda Sea (Indonesian: Laut Banda, Portuguese: Mar de Banda, Tetum: Tasi Banda) is one of four seas that surround the Maluku Islands of Indonesia,...
    15 KB (1,516 words) - 22:54, 3 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Banda Neira
    Banda Neira (also known as Pulau Neira) is an island in the Banda Islands, Indonesia. It is administered as part of the administrative Banda Islands District...
    10 KB (951 words) - 10:19, 21 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands
    conquest of the Banda Islands was a process of military conquest from 1609 to 1621 by the Dutch East India Company of the Banda Islands. The Dutch, having...
    32 KB (3,923 words) - 20:49, 9 January 2025
  • Thumbnail for Maluku Islands
    Moors". Afonso de Albuquerque learned of the route to the Banda Islands and other 'Spice Islands', and sent an exploratory expedition of three vessels under...
    36 KB (3,966 words) - 09:36, 17 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nutmeg
    Nutmeg (category Flora of the Maluku Islands)
    nutmeg butter. Maluku's Banda Islands are the main producer of nutmeg and mace, and the true nutmeg tree is native to the islands. If consumed in amounts...
    31 KB (3,369 words) - 16:18, 5 January 2025
  • Look up Banda or banda in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Banda may refer to: Banda (surname) Banda Prakash (born 1954), Indian politician Banda Kanakalingeshwara...
    3 KB (407 words) - 22:03, 25 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Governorate of the Banda Islands
    The Banda Islands were a governorate of the Dutch East India Company. The governorate comprised Banda Neira, Banda Besar, Pulau Ai, Run, Banda Api, and...
    12 KB (1,425 words) - 19:26, 27 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Jan Pieterszoon Coen
    and clove. He led the final Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands in 1621, which culminated in the Banda massacre, which saw 2,800 Bandanese killed and 1...
    17 KB (1,923 words) - 10:53, 22 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fort Nassau, Banda Islands
    Fort Nassau was the first Dutch fort built on Banda Neira Island, the main island of the Banda Islands, part of Maluku in Indonesia, completed in 1609...
    3 KB (310 words) - 22:43, 21 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Run (island)
    'island' in Indonesian) is one of the smallest islands of the Banda Islands, which are a part of the Moluccas, Indonesia. It is located within Banda District...
    10 KB (992 words) - 02:08, 18 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dutch colonial empire
    India Company of the Banda Islands. The Dutch, having enforced a monopoly on the highly lucrative nutmeg production from the islands, were impatient with...
    102 KB (11,770 words) - 14:13, 28 December 2024
  • Banda is an Austronesian language of the Central Maluku subgroup. Along with Kei, it is one of the two languages of the Kei Islands in the Indonesian...
    3 KB (157 words) - 22:00, 10 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Banda Api
    Banda Api (Indonesian api, fire) is an island in the Banda Islands, Indonesia. It is administered as part of the administrative district (kecamatan) within...
    9 KB (839 words) - 10:24, 21 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Invasion of the Spice Islands
    force would capture the more heavily defended islands of Banda Neira, following which any other island that was defended. In a campaign that lasted seven...
    29 KB (3,652 words) - 22:20, 14 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dutch East India Company
    conquests. One example is the Dutch conquest of the Banda Islands, between 1609 and 1621, after the islands resisted the nutmeg monopoly. The Dutch launched...
    88 KB (10,616 words) - 02:06, 31 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Banda Sea plate
    also carries a portion of Sulawesi Island, the entire Seram Island, and the Banda Islands. Clockwise from the east it is bounded by the Bird's Head plate...
    2 KB (183 words) - 04:16, 4 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Banda Besar
    village of Lonthoir on the same island), is the largest of the Banda Islands in Indonesia. It is administered as part of Banda District, Central Maluku Regency...
    9 KB (749 words) - 10:47, 7 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bandanaira Airport
    Bandanaira Airport (also known as Banda Neira Airport) (IATA: NDA, ICAO: WAPC) is a public airport on Banda Neira in the Banda Islands of Maluku, Indonesia and...
    5 KB (372 words) - 20:11, 11 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Aru Islands Regency
    The Aru Islands Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Kepulauan Aru) is a group of about 95 low-lying islands in the Maluku Islands of eastern Indonesia. It also...
    22 KB (2,065 words) - 04:08, 22 December 2024
  • Thumbnail for Banda Sea Islands moist deciduous forests
    in the southwestern Banda Sea, including the Tanimbar Islands, Kai Islands, and the Barat Daya Islands except for Wetar. The islands in the ecoregion are...
    8 KB (894 words) - 03:07, 12 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Kai Islands
    the Banda Sea, south of the Bird's Head Peninsula of New Guinea, west of the Aru Islands, and northeast of the Tanimbar Islands. The Kai islands are made...
    16 KB (1,822 words) - 09:18, 8 January 2025
  • Mori Fort Nassau (Guyana), on the Berbice River Fort Nassau, Banda Islands, on the island of Bandaneira, in Indonesia, constructed in 1609 Fort Nassau...
    627 bytes (120 words) - 21:39, 25 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Fort Belgica
    Fort Belgica is a 17th-century fort in Banda Neira, Banda Islands, Maluku Islands (the Moluccas), Indonesia; administratively in Central Maluku Regency...
    7 KB (675 words) - 15:13, 12 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Banda Island dtella
    The Banda Island dtella (Gehyra barea) is a species of gecko in the genus Gehyra, native to the Banda Islands. Oliver, P., Stubbs, A. & Tallowin, O. (2021)...
    1,022 bytes (74 words) - 10:52, 13 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for António de Abreu
    recruited to guide them through Java, the Lesser Sunda Islands and Ambon Island to the Banda Islands, where they arrived in early 1512. They remained there...
    5 KB (555 words) - 03:00, 23 December 2024
  • The Nutmeg's Curse (category Banda Islands)
    discusses colonialism and environmental issues with particular focus on the Banda Islands. It is Ghosh's second non-fiction work to discuss climate change, after...
    6 KB (552 words) - 22:04, 29 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Banda Arc
    The Banda Arc (main arc, Inner, and Outer) is a dual chain of islands in eastern Indonesia that is around 2,300 km long. It is the result of the collision...
    8 KB (916 words) - 04:15, 4 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Seram Island
    smaller Ambon Island and a few other adjacent islands, such as Saparua, Haruku, Nusa Laut and the Banda Islands. Seram is traversed by a central mountain...
    18 KB (1,748 words) - 02:40, 7 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Dutch Caribbean
    Aruba and Sint Maarten (the 'CAS' islands) and the special municipalities of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (BES islands). The term "Dutch Caribbean" is...
    18 KB (1,282 words) - 05:06, 7 January 2025