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Nathaniel's Nutmeg Or the True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History
de Giles Milton
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- ISBN 10
- 0140292608
- ISBN 13
- 9780140292602
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Eygelshoven, Netherlands
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Sobre este artículo
A true tale of high adventure in the South Seas.
The tiny island of Run is an insignificant speck in the Indonesian archipelago. Just two miles long and half a mile wide, it is remote, tranquil, and, these days, largely ignored.
Yet 370 years ago, Run's harvest of nutmeg (a pound of which yielded a 3,200 percent profit by the time it arrived in England) turned it into the most lucrative of the Spice Islands, precipitating a battle between the all-powerful Dutch East India Company and the British Crown. 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. This led not only to the birth of New York but also to the beginning of the British Empire.
Such a deal was due to the persistence of one man. Nathaniel Courthope and his small band of adventurers were sent to Run in October 1616, and for four years held off the massive Dutch navy. Nathaniel's Nutmeg centers on the remarkable showdown between Courthope and the Dutch Governor General Jan Coen, and the brutal fate of the mariners racing to Run-and the other corners of the globe-to reap the huge profits of the spice trade.
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- Nathaniel's Nutmeg Or the True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History
- Autor
- Giles Milton
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good+
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 0140292608
- ISBN 13
- 9780140292602
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- Penguin (Non-Classics)
- Lugar de publicación
- E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.s.a.
- Fecha de publicación
- July 3, 2000
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