Map of the Maluku Islands with spices

Map of the Maluku Islands with spices, 1601 IMG

This map from 1601 shows the Maluku Islands where many spices, including nutmeg, grow. Some of the local spices are depicted at the bottom of the map.


Insulae Moluccae celeberrimae sunt ob Maximarn aromatum, Map of the Maluku Islands with spices, 1601, artist: Petrus Plancius (1552–1622); source: Gallica - BNF, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8493107q, public domain.