History of Nutmeg - The Island Traded for New York City

Long before nutmeg sat forgotten in your spice rack, it was the most valuable commodity on Earth — grown in only one place, the tiny Banda Islands of Indonesia. This is the true history of nutmeg: the Dutch East India Company (VOC) monopoly, the 1621 Banda massacre ordered by Jan Pieterszoon Coen, the "Butcher of Banda," and how the tiny island of Run was traded to England for Manhattan in the 1667 Treaty of Breda. From ancient spice routes and Arab traders to Pierre Poivre's nutmeg smuggling, the Spice Islands, colonial genocide, the VOC as the world's first multinational corporation, and Grenada's modern nutmeg economy — this is the dark history hidden behind one of the world's most common kitchen spices. 🔔 Subscribe for more hidden histories of everyday commodities. #HistoryOfNutmeg #Nutmeg #BandaIslands #SpiceTrade #DutchEastIndiaCompany #VOC #SpiceIslands #ColonialHistory #JanPieterszoonCoen #TreatyOfBreda #Manhattan #Grenada #WorldHistory #DarkHistory #DocumentaryHistory