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The Dutch East India Company's Spice Monopoly: Cloves and the Conquest of Ambon

6 min•23 maj 2026

Long before the VOC became synonymous with global trade, it fought a brutal war to monopolize the world's most valuable commodity: cloves. In this episode, Lucas and Luna travel to the Banda Islands and the clove-rich island of Ambon, where Dutch governor Jan Pieterszoon Coen orchestrated a campaign of conquest and massacre. They explore the strategic importance of cloves in the 17th century, the VOC's ruthless policy of extirpation to control supply, and the fortified trading posts like Fort Victoria that still dot the Indonesian archipelago. Along the way, they discuss the role of local sultans, the Ambonese people, and the legacy of Dutch colonialism in the Spice Islands. A story of profit, violence, and the birth of corporate empire-building.

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