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Spices traded: Nutmeg, mace

Event: Prepared for voyage around Africa to the Spice Islands

Danger: Storms near the Cape of Good Hope

Symbol: ⛵🌊

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Spices traded: Mixed spices for luxury European markets

Event: High profits, saw Venice's trading monopoly

Danger: Competition and taxes

Symbol: ⚓💰

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Spices traded: Cloves, cinnamon

Event: Traded with desert caravans from the Red Sea

Danger: Thieves along desert routes

Symbol: 🐪🏺

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Spices traded: Black pepper, ginger

Event: Met local spice growers, learned about spice preparation

Danger: Monsoon rains delayed the ship

Symbol: 🌶️🛶

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Banda Islands, Central Maluku Regency, Maluku, Indonesia

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Banda Islands, Central Maluku Regency, Maluku, Indonesia

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Banda Islands, Central Maluku Regency, Maluku, Indonesia

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Spices traded: Nutmeg and mace (the only place in the world that grew them at the time)

Event: Made trade deals with local chiefs; saw Dutch ships arrive later to control the trade

Danger: Fierce competition between European powers, risk of conflict

Symbol: 🌴⚔️🧂

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Spices traded: Star anise, cinnamon, pepper

Event: Important port in the 16th–17th centuries; welcomed traders from Japan, China, and Europe

Danger: Monsoon season and political changes in the region

Symbol: 🛶⭐🌿