Indonesia, North Maluku
Ternate clove sultanate and fort-ring shore
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Sea pottery
Coins and tokens
Old bottlesPhotos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Center of the clove trade fought over by Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch, with a ring of forts around the volcano; the town shore carries four centuries of spice-trade ground.
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.