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Mysteries of the Abandoned

For almost150 years, Fort Belgica helped Dutchcolonial invaders control the Banda...

[narrator] For almost
150 years, Fort Belgica helped Dutch
colonial invaders control the Banda Islands. And the lucrative trade
of nutmeg and mace. It would take an audacious
sea born raid to change the course
of the spice wars. [Rob] The British
had never relinquished their desire to get their
hands on the spice trade

Full Transcript

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[narrator] For almost 150 years,
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Fort Belgica helped Dutch colonial invaders
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control the Banda Islands.
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And the lucrative trade of nutmeg and mace.
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It would take an audacious sea born raid
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to change the course of the spice wars.
00:00:19.566 --> 00:00:21.334
[Rob] The British had never relinquished
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their desire to get their hands on the spice trade.
Duration
24 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
01:07:04
Uploaded
Jul 08, 2025
Season
9
Episode
9
Genres
documentary
Production
Mosfilm

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Movie Summary

The world's most incredible engineering projects are revisited to uncover why places full of mysteries and untold secrets are now abandoned ruins.
S09 • E04 [narrator] His popularity with the inmates - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
[narrator] His popularity with the inmates
S09 • E04 And a faded mural on the prison wall - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
And a faded mural on the prison wall
S09 • E09 [Nehemiah] And when the Netherlands fell to France - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
[Nehemiah] And when the Netherlands fell to France
S09 • E04 While the penitentiary was advised to close - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
While the penitentiary was advised to close
S09 • E09 [narrator] In August, 1810, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:19
[narrator] In August, 1810,
S09 • E04 It took 50 years from the time I was in the third grade - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
It took 50 years from the time I was in the third grade
S09 • E04 [narrator] In 2019, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
[narrator] In 2019,
S09 • E09 [Sascha] From the towers of this bastion - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
[Sascha] From the towers of this bastion
S09 • E04 [dramatic music playing] - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:20
[dramatic music playing]
S09 • E09 He arrived at night - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
He arrived at night
S09 • E04 Sonny Liston's story is a story of rags to riches, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:30
Sonny Liston's story is a story of rags to riches,
S09 • E09 They threw ladders against the side of the ramparts and climbed up - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
They threw ladders against the side of the ramparts and clim...
S09 • E09 [narrator] Rather than stand and fight - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:14
[narrator] Rather than stand and fight
S09 • E09 [narrator] The Dutch were in no mood - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:20
[narrator] The Dutch were in no mood
S09 • E04 [dramatic music playing] - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
[dramatic music playing]
S09 • E09 [narrator] With this, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:15
[narrator] With this,
S09 • E04 It has a bulbous head and a long winding tail. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
It has a bulbous head and a long winding tail.
S09 • E04 [narrator] A series of mismatched structures - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
[narrator] A series of mismatched structures
S09 • E04 Big buildings, either machine shops - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:19
Big buildings, either machine shops
S09 • E09 In 1991 Fort Belgica was restored - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:24
In 1991 Fort Belgica was restored