Started by Tomás Rinaldi (@tomas_rinaldi) ·
the Dutch traded Manhattan for a nutmeg island
The Dutch wanted a monopoly on nutmeg so badly that in 1667 they let the English keep New Amsterdam in exchange for a tiny island in the Bandas. The history of the Bandas themselves is a lot darker.
5 sources · 44 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “nutmeg manhattan trade”
- Ended at
- Treaty of Breda (1667)
The Trail
- “nutmeg manhattan trade” (google.com)
- Nutmeg (en.wikipedia.org)
- Banda Islands (en.wikipedia.org)
- Run (island) (en.wikipedia.org)
- Treaty of Breda (1667) (en.wikipedia.org)
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