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Pulau Run
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It’s difficult to imagine now, but this remote island village was once worth as much as Manhattan. In the middle of the 17th century, all but one of the Spice Islands – the British-controlled Pulau Run – were under Dutch rule. After tiring of Dutch hostility, the British eventually exchanged Pulau Run for a then-swampy strip of North American land which has now come to be known as Manhattan.The rest, as they say, is history.
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Ambon & Spice Islands Cruise
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Ambon & Spice Islands Cruise
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It’s difficult to imagine now, but this remote island village was once worth as much as Manhattan. In the middle of the 17th century, all but one of the Spice Islands – the British-controlled Pulau Run – were under Dutch rule. After tiring of Dutch hostility, the British eventually exchanged Pulau Run for a then-swampy strip of North American land which has now come to be known as Manhattan.The rest, as they say, is history.