Where is Pulau Run located?
Q: Where is Pulau Run located?
A: Pulau Run is an island in Indonesia, part of the Banda Islands.
Q: How large is Pulau Run?
A: Pulau Run is about 3 km long and less than 1 km wide.
Q: What spices were grown on the Banda Islands?
A: The Banda Islands were known for their nutmeg and mace trees. Both spices are from the same tree.
Q: Who first reached the Island in 1603?
A: Sailors of the British East India Company of the second expedition of James Lancaster, John Davis and John Middleton who stayed in Bantam on Java first reached the Island in 1603.
Q: What was decided at The Treaty of Westminster?
A: According to The Treaty of Westminster, which ended The First Anglo-Dutch War, Run should have been returned to England.
Q: What happened after England's attempt to take back control failed due to formal constraints by the Dutch?
A: After England's attempt to take back control failed due to formal constraints by the Dutch, they expelled English traders from Run and destroyed all nutmeg trees there.
Q: How did this lead to a decline in Dutch supremacy in spice trade?
A: This led to a decline in Dutch supremacy because nutmeg trees were transferred to Ceylon, Singapore and other British colonies after Captain Cole captured main Island Bandalontor in 1810.
