The 'Banda Islands' were the site of a 1621 Dutch campaign to secure a monopoly on which spice?
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Correct answer: Nutmeg
The VOC, led by Jan Pieterszoon Coen, nearly exterminated the indigenous population of the Banda Islands to control the production of nutmeg. They replaced the locals with Dutch-run plantations worked by enslaved people.
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