Description: 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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Book Title: Nathaniel's nutmeg: how one man's courage changed the course of
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Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Original Language: English
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Publication Year: 1999
Format: Paperback
Language: english
Era: 1990s
Author: Giles MILTON
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Genre: History
Topic: Economic History
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
