[Sca-cooks] Spice Islands

[Terry Decker]

Run is one of the Banda Islands, which in turn are part of the Moluccan 
Islands administered by the Indonesian province of Muluka.  As the only 
source of nutmeg and mace, the Banda Islands were an economic treasure trove 
fought over by Moslems, Portuguese, English and Dutch.  In the late 18th 
Century, nutmeg cultivation began in the Caribbean (a speculative tale of 
greed and larceny in itself), and the economic importance of the Bandas 
declined.

Bear

> What is Run?
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