Nathaniel's Nutmeg: or, The True & Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History
por Milton, Giles
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- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Very Good/Very Good hard cover
- ISBN 10
- 0374219362
- ISBN 13
- 9780374219369
- Livreiro
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West New York, New Jersey, United States
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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 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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- Livreiro
- Gail Kennon Book-Comber (US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 51417
- Título
- Nathaniel's Nutmeg: or, The True & Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History
- Autor
- Milton, Giles
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Very Good/Very Good hard cover
- Edição
- first American printing,1999
- Encadernação
- Capa dura
- ISBN 10
- 0374219362
- ISBN 13
- 9780374219369
- Editorial
- Farrar, Straus & Giroux
- Local de publicação
- New York
- Esta edição foi publicada pela primeira vez
- 1999
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