Nathaniel's Nutmeg : How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History
by Milton, Giles
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0340696761
- ISBN 13
- 9780340696767
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Synopsis
The tiny island of Run is an insignificant speck in the middle of the Indonesian archipelago--remote, tranquil, and now largely ignored. At the beginning of the seventeenth century, however, Run's harvest of nutmeg turned it into the most lucrative of the Spice Islands, precipitating a fierce and bloody battle between the all-powerful Dutch East India Company and a small band of ragtag British adventurers led by the intrepid Nathaniel Courthope . The outcome of the fighting was one of the most spectacular deals in history: Britain ceded Run to Holland, but in return was given another small island, Manhattan. A brilliant adventure story of unthinkable hardship and savagery, the navigation of uncharted waters, and the exploitation of new worlds, Nathaniel's Nutmeg is a remarkable chapter in the history of the colonial powers.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015474
- Title
- Nathaniel's Nutmeg : How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History
- Author
- Milton, Giles
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0340696761
- ISBN 13
- 9780340696767
- Publisher
- Sceptre
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- SPICE TRADE INDONESIA_HISTORY NEDERLANDSCHE OOST-INDISCHE
- Bookseller catalogs
- TRAVEL LITERATURE; ADVENTURE; COOKING;
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