Contest #356 answer: Run, Banda Islands, Indonesia

Run (a.k.a. Pulau Run) is one of the smallest Banda Islands in the Indonesian Archipel.
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It was of great importance to the nutmeg trade in the 17th century and thus of great value.
With the treaty of Breda, which ended the second Dutch-Anglo war in 1667, run was exchanged against Manhattan (!)

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