The Deadliest Trade Route in History Was Just for This Spice — Story of Nutmeg
In 1621, the Dutch East India Company massacred up to 15,000 people to control a seed the size of a marble. This is the forgotten history of nutmeg — how a tiny archipelago in the Banda Sea became the most contested piece of land on earth, why European powers traded Manhattan for a nutmeg island, and how one botanist with a collection bag dismantled a monopoly that a military empire spent 170 years enforcing with fire and execution. From medieval plague markets to the Dutch Golden Age, from the VOC's corporate warfare to the botanical smuggling that changed the world's spice map forever — the story of nutmeg is the story of how ordinary things acquire extraordinary violence. The spice in your kitchen cabinet has a history most people will never know. #nutmeg #spiceislands #dutcheastindiacompany
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