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Giles Milton

Nathaniel's Nutmeg

or, The True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Cours e of History

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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 adventures 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 Manhattan.A brilliant adventure story of unthinkable hardship, savager… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-14-029260-2
  • EAN: 9780140292602
  • Produktnummer: 9360737
  • Verlag: Random House N.Y.
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
  • Seitenangabe: 400 S.

Über den Autor


Giles Milton is the author of The Riddle and the Knight, a critically acclaimed history of the explorer Sir John Mandeville.

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