Oseland quickly discovered that the diverse foods on the table represented a “culinary map” of cuisines that ... But because the Spice Islands served as a cultural crossroads, the culinary ...

com) has a 17-day Undiscovered Spice Islands trip, including six nights ... and Réunion was put on the map. In the Indian Ocean, not far from Madagascar and the island of Mauritius.

plane schedules and accurate maps. For detailed information on the Spice Islands, check your library for these two out-of-print books: “The Malay Archipelago” by Sir Alfred Wallace (published ...

AT MIDNIGHT on my last night in eastern Indonesia’s Spice Islands, I sat on a sea wall with ... How had they fallen off the map?

The Banda Islands were once at the heart of the world’s biggest and most important trade — in spices. A part of what was historically known as the Spice Islands and now Indonesia, they consist ...

The tropical Indian Ocean is home to the Spice Islands. Characterised by beautiful sandy beaches, fringing coral reefs and coastal mangrove forests, this is a vibrant nursery area for marine life ...