title: [The nutmeg story].
abstract: A brief historical account of the spice islands, the Moluccas, in the Age of Discovery with particular reference to the Dutch monopoly of nutmeg is presented. The etymologies of such English terms as nutmeg (nut+musk), mace, myristica, date, and phoenix, as well as Chinese róu dóu kóu (Engl. nutmeg) and Japanese natsume (Engl. jujube) and natsume-yashi (Engl. date palm) are given.
authors.affiliation: Takada Science Foundation, Juso, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchibayashi
mesh_terms: D003132:Commerce / Q000266:history*; D049692:History, Early Modern 1451-1600; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D007214:Indonesia; D026323:Myristica; D009426:Netherlands; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000266:history*; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations