Sentence:  Blue leagues beckoned him, the Humboldt Current helped him north along the western Patagonian shore, fair trade winds sped him westerly when he set his course for the <WSD>Spice Islands</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The Moluccas or Maluku Islands, an archipelago in Indonesia comprising the provinces of Maluku and North Maluku.