Week 14 - The Nutmeg's Curse Part 1
Week 14 - The Nutmeg's Curse Part 1
Week 14 - The Nutmeg's Curse Part 1
1621, Banda accusing them of trading nutmeg and mace with other partners.
islands • VOC Council: “burn everywhere their dwellings”, “take away or destroy
their remaining boats”, “leave the Bandanese no choice but to come to us
or depart from the country”.
From Banda to
Connecticut
• The tactic employed by the Dutch was the
brandschattingen – burning peasants’
villages to the ground.
• The West disenchanted the world and hated those who still had an
enchanted attachment to it (indigenous, “witches”, etc.).