However, he subsequently obtained Spanish nationality in order to serve the Spanish Crown, so that he could try to find a westward route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia.

不过，他后来获得西班牙国籍，以便为西班牙王室服务，从而帮助他完成向西到达印度尼西亚香料群岛的旅行。

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What quiet harbours, thronged with gallant shipping bound for purple islands of wine and spice, islands set low in languorous waters!

有宁静的港湾，停满了气派的船舶，准备开往盛产美酒和香料的紫色岛屿，那些岛屿低低隆起在水波不兴的海面上。

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European explorers - first the Portuguese in search of the Spice Islands (Indonesia) and then the Spanish - reached the Carolines in the 16th century, with the Spanish establishing sovereignty.

欧洲勘测者—最先是葡萄牙人寻找Spice Islands(印度尼西亚)，接着是西班牙人—16世纪到达加罗林岛，建立了西班牙的主权。

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The province, once colorfully known as the Spice Islands, is now home to large numbers of both Christians and Muslims.

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They came to cruise the remote spice islands in Indonesia, the dragon-dotted shores of Komodo, the scuba fantasyland of Raja Ampat, or simply to escape to Thailand and Burma.

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