Ternate is a volcanic island in Maluku Utara Province and the seat of the Sultanate of Ternate. The island was once a major producer of cloves, a commodity that made the Sultanate powerful in the Malay Archipelago. Until the end of the 18th century. Cloves have not been found anywhere else in Southeast Asia or the world.
Mid-19th century Alfred Russel Wallace conducted research here and developed the theory of evolution through natural selection - at the same time as Charles Darwin. In 1858 they wrote an article together outlining their groundbreaking and then controversial theory. A year later, Darwin published The Origin of Species and achieved lasting fame, while Wallace fell into relative obscurity.
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