Nutmeg, Mace, and the Four Small Islands that Changed the World

Fri, 27 Feb 2026 14:21:55 +0000

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From the world's first stock market, to the voyage of Magellan to the trade that sent Manhattan to the English, the Banda Islands have made an imprint on everything- even though they're just a few tiny rocks in the far reaches of the Pacific. And they're still there, so entirely forgotten that cannons still lie in the streets where they were left behind, hundreds of years ago. For five days, we're on the trip of a lifetime, sailing in a rebuilt spice trading vessel to the Banda Islands. In this documentary we explore the four primary nutmeg-growing islands, tour the abandoned forts and old plantations and meet the last remaining Perkenier- a direct descendant of the first nutmeg farmer who arrived from the Netherlands in 1621.

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0:00 - Introduction
1:16 - Spice
3:26 - The Journey Begins
7:43 - The Search for the East Indies
10:10 - Sunrise in the Bandas
13:03 - Pulau Rhun
18:00 - Nutmeg and Mace
20:19 - Nathaniel
23:57 - Prana
26:04 - Pulau Ai
28:45 - The First Stock Market
32:05 - Perkens
36:02 - Just a Spice
40:20 - Life On the Water
43:53 - Banda Neira
46:35 - The Orang Kaya
50:07 - May 8, 1621
57:12 - Aftermath
1:01:47 - The Wrath of the Gods
1:05:01 - The Spy
1:09:43 - After the Monopoly
1:13:12 - The Last Perkenier
1:17:10 - Legacy and Perspective
1:20:54 - The van den Broucke Massacre
1:30:44 - Recovery
1:33:46 - The Toll
1:35:26 - Hope
1:38:56 - Pulau Nailaka
1:41:31 - The People of the Bandas
1:46:31 - A Proper Send-Off
1:48:17 - Credits
1:48:47 - An OTR Announcement

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