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Banda Neira nutmeg islands port

Tidal foreshore Documented siteProhibited, look only
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What you could find

Reported finds from this shoreline.

Sea potterySea pottery
Clay pipe stemsClay pipe stems
Old bottlesOld bottles

Also reported: spice-trade refuse.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), Surrey County Council, David Williams, (CC BY-SA 4.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Victorian bottle era, historically mapped

Centre of the world nutmeg monopoly under the VOC from 1621, with forts, perkenier mansions and a harbour shore that saw three centuries of spice shipping.

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