User:Mhatopzz/Portuguese rule in the Spice Islands

Portuguese fort and settlement in the Moluccas
c. 1522–1605
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Map of the Portuguese empire in the Spice Islands, Atlas Miller.
Status	Settlement and possessions of the Portuguese Empire
Capital	São João Baptista de Ternate in Ternate (1523–1575) Nossa Senhora de Anunciada in Amboina, Moluccas (1575–1605) Reis Magos in Tidore (1578–1605)
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
• Treaty of Zaragoza	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.