User:Mhatopzz/Portuguese rule in the Spice Islands
Appearance
Portuguese fort and settlement in the Moluccas | |
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c. 1522–1605 | |
Status | Settlement and possessions of the Portuguese Empire |
Capital |
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Common languages | Portuguese, Malay, Ternate, Other indigenous language. |
Government | Monarchy |
Monarch | |
• 1522–1557 | John III |
• 1598–1605 | Philip II |
Captain-General | |
• 1522–1525 (first) | Antonio de Brito |
• 1602–1605 (last) | Pedro Alvares de Abreu |
Historical era | Early modern |
• Established | c. 1522 |
22 April 1529 | |
• Loss of Ternate | 28 December 1575 |
• Dutch takeover of Ambon | 22 February 1605 |
• Last fortification in Tidore captured | 19 May 1605 |
The Portuguese first arrived in the Spice Islands in 1512 in a voyage sent from newly conquered Malacca in 1511. They first established a fortress in Ternate as a trading post for Portuguese merchants to export cloves from Ternate to Malacca.