On the 31st of July, 1667, the Second Anglo-Dutch war ended with a treaty which at the time was thought to favor the Dutch. Part of the treaty stated that the English would surrender to the Dutch the small island of Run (important for its nutmeg) in what is now Indonesia. The Dutch, on the other hand, would give up their colony of New Amsterdam which included what is today New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. The Dutch traded the possibilities of the New World for a guaranteed world-wide monopoly on the sale of Nutmeg! Hmm…in the long run, a bird in the hand may not always be better than two in the bush...!
Nutmeg Tree
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