From: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies | Date: September 1, 1997| Author: Miksic, John N. | COPYRIGHT 1997 Singapore University Press Pte Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Maluku (vulgarly known as the Moluccas), a group of isolated islands with few people and no resources vital to human survival, nevertheless held the key to the economic balance of power in much of the world during the transition from medieval to modern times due to the unique flavours of some of the exotic botanical specimens found there. Historians have devoted much attention to the economic effects of the spice trade, but very little analysis has yet been devoted to the question of...