The Spice Islands were within the Spanish domains.

香料群岛曾是西班牙的领地。

The portuguese voyages to the spice islands, which brought the question of java to the fore .

葡萄牙人航抵香料群岛，使爪哇问题突出起来。

At times Columbus became reconciled to the truth that this new land was not China, not Japan, not the spice Islands.

有时，哥伦布不得不承认这一事实：这块新陆地不是中国，不是日本，也不是香料群岛。

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。

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。