Significant1512 – 1600 · 88 years

Portuguese Spice Wars in Moluccas

Name: War Atlas: Named Conflicts and Empire Borders, 3000 BCE – Present
Creator: War Atlas
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Moluccas · Indonesia · Banda Islands

Estimated casualties

300Ksingle estimate · no range published

Portuguese traders and soldiers fought to monopolize the spice trade in the Moluccas, establishing fortified trading posts. Portuguese control gradually declined as the Dutch and British challenged their dominance.

Belligerents4

Portugal
Moluccan sultanates
Dutch
Spanish

ON THE MAPKingdom of PortugalDutch RepublicSpanish Empire (Americas)

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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Cite as: Portuguese Spice Wars in Moluccas (1512 – 1600). War Atlas. https://waratlas.org/c/portuguese-expansion-moluccas · Sources & methodology