{"slug": "maluku-islands", "label": "Maluku Islands", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maluku_Islands", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3827", "qid": "Q3827", "description": "archipelago in eastern Indonesia, also called the Spice Islands", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [701, 1690], "span_label": ["701 CE", "1690 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 6}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "indonesia", "label": "Indonesia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-v-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "lisbon", "label": "Lisbon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mediterranean-sea", "label": "Mediterranean Sea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "southeast-asia", "label": "Southeast Asia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "east-india-company", "label": "East India Company", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "dutch-east-indies", "label": "Dutch East Indies", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 701, "year_label": "701 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Arab merchants introduce Oriental spices into Mediterranean markets. Muslim merchant vessels visit the Maluku Islands (South East Asia) for the first time (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806807#Arabian_Empire", "title": "701", "revid": 1340806807, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 1518, "year_label": "1518 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "March 22", "text": "March 22 – King Charles of Spain gives his approval for the Magellan expedition, initially for the purpose of finding a westward route from Spain to the \"Spice Islands\" (now the Maluku Islands in Indonesia), to avoid the more frequently-used eastward route around Africa. Veteran seaman Ferdinand Magellan and navigator Rui Faleiro, both of Portugal, had turned to Spain to fund the expedition after being refused by King Manuel of Portugal. The voyage proves to be further than expected and becomes the first to sail around the world.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362000593#January–March", "title": "1518", "revid": 1362000593, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1519, "year_label": "1519 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "September 20", "text": "September 20 – Ferdinand Magellan departs from Spain with a fleet of five ships and a crew of 270 men, to sail westbound to the Spice Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365433723#July–September", "title": "1519", "revid": 1365433723, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1528, "year_label": "1528 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "October 3", "text": "October 3 – Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón arrives in the Maluku Islands.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369577446#October–December", "title": "1528", "revid": 1369577446, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1536, "year_label": "1536 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 26", "text": "June 26 – Spanish navigator Andrés de Urdaneta and a few companions arrive in Lisbon from the Maluku Islands, completing a westward circumnavigation which began with the Loaísa expedition of 1525.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366494676#April–June", "title": "1536", "revid": 1366494676, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1601, "year_label": "1601 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 22", "text": "April 22 – The first expedition of the East India Company sets sail from England for the Spice Islands with John Davis as pilot-major.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369165918#April–June", "title": "1601", "revid": 1369165918, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1690, "year_label": "1690 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 27", "text": "April 27 – Sultan Toloko ibn-Sibori becomes the new Sultan of Ternate, located on the Maluku Islands in the Dutch East Indies after the death of his father, Sultan Sibori Amsterdam.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369486553#April–June", "title": "1690", "revid": 1369486553, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}