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Giles Milton

Nathaniel's Nutmeg

How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History

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The extraordinary story of how an English adventurer, Nathaniel Courthope, went to war with the Dutch over the then fabulously valuable spice Nutmeg, and set in motion events that led five years later to the founding of New York city. A fascinating depiction of exploration and colonial rivalry in the new world in the early seventheenth century, and of the little known origins of the Big Apple. A magnificent piece of popular history Independent On Sunday. The new Bruce Chatwin Mail On Sunday.

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  • ISBN: 978-0-340-69676-7
  • EAN: 9780340696767
  • Produktnummer: 8602428
  • Verlag: John Murray Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 1999
  • Seitenangabe: 400 S.
  • Masse: H19.9 cm x B12.9 cm x D2.7 cm 296 g
  • Abbildungen: Maps and integrated illustraions
  • Gewicht: 296

Über den Autor


Giles Milton is a writer and journalist. He has contributed articles for most of the British national newspapers as well as many foreign publications and specialises in the history of travel and exploration. In the course of his researches, he has travelled extensively in Europe and the Middle East.

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