The EIC's Forgotten Spice: Nutmeg, Bandas, and the First Corporate War

Long before tea and opium, the East India Company's first taste of real profit came from a tiny, fragrant nut: nutmeg. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the brutal 1621 Amboyna Massacre, where English merchants were tortured and executed by Dutch rivals on the Banda Islands. They trace the Company's desperate early search for spices, the high-stakes diplomacy of Sir Thomas Roe at the Mughal court, and the shadow war between the EIC and the Dutch VOC over a monopoly worth more than gold. The story touches on the 'date tree' famine in Java, the first English alliance with a sultan, and how a single island's clove crop could fund empires. It's a forgotten chapter of corporate warfare, colonial violence, and the bitter birth of global trade. #AmboynaMassacre #Nutmeg #BandaIslands #VOC #DutchEastIndiaCompany #SirThomasRoe #SpiceTrade #MughalEmpire #JamesI #Molaccas #Run #Clove #EastIndiaCompany #EarlyModern #ColonialHistory #TradeWar #GlobalHistory #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo