The original home of nutmeg and cloves; other spices and copra are produced. Explored by Magellan (1511-12), the islands were taken by the Dutch, who secured a monopoly in the clove trade, in the 17th cent.

A recently updated collection of bitter facts on the Ambonese moslems being tortured by Ambonese christians backed by armed RMS separatists and taking side Indonesian Army (the Mariners).