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Maluku twin islands were known as “Ternate and Tidore†in the past as the core of the Four Moluccan Kingdoms (Ternate, Tidore, Moti, Makian) located in the East of the Nusantara. The two islands according to written sources originating from local and European are the worlds main clove producers before the Portuguese, Spanish, and Dutch (VOC) visited it in the 16th and 17th centuries ago.   

The presence of Europeans in Maluku has masked a new chapter, especially in relation to clove trading activities. Before the arrival of Europeans in the Moluccas, clove plants in the Four Islands grows wild and not well maintained. Since the arrival of Europeans in Maluku in that century, clove plants have been maintained properly and regularly for the benefit of the international trade.

Dried cloves in the past were traded from Maluku to Europe via two routes. The sea route crossed the Indian Ocean to the red sea and reached Egypt and then entered Europe. Mean while the land route reached India and then on to Central Asia to Europe.