This island and several in a line to the south of it are known as the Moluccas, or Spice Islands.    From Wordnik.com.  [In the Eastern Seas] Reference

Amboyna, and probably other parts of the Moluccas.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference

English corsairs who might come by way of the Moluccas.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Philippine Islands] Reference

In the poetic Moluccas one draws closer to the warm heart of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Through the Malay Archipelago] Reference

Our only stop during the long voyage was at the Moluccas or Spice.    From Wordnik.com.  [As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century] Reference

In the Moluccas themselves the species of Amboyna are the largest.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Genesis of Species] Reference

Ethnic strife in the Moluccas could spin into an independence movement, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Promise Of Trouble] Reference

Although the Moluccas were declared open to the flag of every friendly nation in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Through the Malay Archipelago] Reference

The produce of the Moluccas, though greatest in quantity, is of the smallest estimation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference

In the Island of Sangir, another of the Moluccas, there was a violent eruption in March 1856.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wonders of Creation] Reference

Dutch corsairs hovered about the waters of the Moluccas, to take reprisals from the Spaniards.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Philippine Islands] Reference

Former president Suharto had encouraged Muslims to migrate to the Moluccas from other islands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terror Islands] Reference

This celebrated medicinal oil is principally made in the island of Borneo, one of the Moluccas.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference

Islands, he ordered another squadron of six ships to be fitted out for a voyage to the Moluccas.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Philippine Islands] Reference

Spanish and Portuguese interests in the Moluccas, as elsewhere, were thenceforth officially mutual.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Philippine Islands] Reference

Some 8,000 people have since been killed, and half a million people were left homeless in the Moluccas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terror Islands] Reference

The nation is riven by religious divides that have devastated the once spice-rich islands of the Moluccas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Broken By The Iron Fist] Reference

Again, in 1611, under de Silva, a squadron sailed to the Moluccas and defeated the Dutch off Gilolo Island.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Philippine Islands] Reference

Gillolo and the Moluccas lie within easy range, and it is probable that Papua is occasionally visited by them.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference

Moluccas; but afterwards transplanted by the Dutch (who traded in them,) to other islands, particularly that of Ternate.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition.] Reference

Though not so plentiful elsewhere, they are also found in Ceylon, Madagascar, the Moluccas, and one or two other places.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference

The bird of paradise is of the family Paradisaeidae, with 43 species, occurring in the Moluccas, New Guinea, and Australia.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Annotated "Blues for Allah"] Reference

Find from a map in the geography how many miles goods must have been carried to reach Venice from Persia, India, the Moluccas, or.    From Wordnik.com.  [Introductory American History] Reference

Muslims felt defensive until last year, when some 3,000 Muslim fighters arrived in the Moluccas to defend their Islamic brethren.    From Wordnik.com.  [Terror Islands] Reference

It has been described by Planche under the name of the white sago of the Moluccas, and by Dr. Pereira under the name of pearl sago.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference

Siam, Pegu, Moluccas, Borneo, Japan, etc. -- and for all these toils there came no reward, not even the sterile laurels of victory.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Philippine Islands] Reference

We had been compelled, by reason of the treachery of Thedori, to leave the Moluccas without having obtained a supply of fresh water.    From Wordnik.com.  [Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century] Reference

Specimens of amboyna wood, the odoriferous sandal wood from Timor, clove wood, and other choice woods from the Moluccas and Prince of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference

Large grey sago of the Moluccas, exactly resembling No. 3, only that the globules are from four to eight millimetres in diameter. 5th.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference

Pegu, Japan, and the Moluccas, in quest of fresh glories, instead of concentrating their efforts in opening up this Colony and fostering.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Philippine Islands] Reference

The species of New Guinea and Australia are also, though in a less degree, smaller than the nearest species or varieties of the Moluccas.    From Wordnik.com.  [On the Genesis of Species] Reference

China, the Moluccas, and the great islands of the South, will hereafter supply a commerce unequalled in the East, or perhaps in the world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference

In the Moluccas we may read a compendium of the wide-spread history which applies to the vast regions comprised in the mighty Archipelago.    From Wordnik.com.  [Through the Malay Archipelago] Reference