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The Portuguese were the first Europeans to discover the islands in 1512. Controlling production of nutmeg and mace was a major motivation for the Dutch conquest of the islands in the 17th and 18th centuries17th century 18th century 19th century more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701- 1800; however, historians will sometimes specifically refer to the 18th Century as 1715- 89,. At the time nutmeg was enormously expensive in Europe, and was an ingredient in quack cures for Black DeathThis article concerns the outbreak of the mid- 14th century. For detailed information on the most commonly accepted cause of the epidemic, see Bubonic plague''. The Black Death (also Bubonic plague and more recently The Black Plague was a devastating epid etc. and a monopoly over supply would be quite lucrative. Fort Belgica , one of many forts built by the Dutch East India CompanyThe Dutch East India Company Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC in Dutch, literally "United East Indies Company") was established on March 20, 1602, when the government of the Netherlands granted it a monopoly to carry out Dutch colonial activities, is the largest European fort in Indonesia. The Dutch decimated and displaced the indigenous Bandanese, who were of Melanesian origin, and the islands were subsequently settled by migrants from elsewhere in indonesia.
ReligiousReligion sometimes used interchangeably with faith, is commonly defined as belief concerning the supernatural, sacred, or divine, and the practices and institutions associated with such belief. Borobudur, a Buddhist stupa built between 750 and 850 Adriaen violence affected the islands slightly in the late 1990sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s Years: Events and trends Computers, technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other techn, damaging the previously prosperous tourismTourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. A tourist is someone who travels at least fifty miles from home, as defined by the World Tourism Organization (a United Nations body). industry.There are seven inhabited islands and several uninhabited rocks. The inhabited islands are:
Main group:
Some distance to the west:
To the east:
To the southeast:
Others, possibly small and/or uninhabited, are: