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Nathaniel's nutmeg : how one man's courage changed the course of history / Giles Milton.

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Record Number 850709
ISBN 9780340696767 (paperback)
Author Milton, Giles author.
Title Nathaniel's nutmeg : how one man's courage changed the course of history / Giles Milton.
Publisher/Date London : John Murray, 2015.
©1999
Pagination etc. xi, 388 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Note The extraordinary adventure-filled story of how England came to own Manhattan in the seventeenth century. In 1616, an English adventurer, Nathaniel Courthope, stepped ashore on a remote island in the East Indies on a secret mission - to persuade the islanders of Run to grant a monopoly to England over their nutmeg, a fabulously valuable spice in Europe. This infuriated the Dutch, who were determined to control the world's nutmeg supply. For five years Courthope and his band of thirty men were besieged by a force one hundred times greater - and his heroism set in motion the events that led to the founding of the greatest city on earth.
Subject - Name Coen, Jan Pieterszoon, -- 1587-1629
Courthope, Nathaniel
Subject Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie -- History
Nutmeg industry -- Indonesia -- Maluku -- History -- 17th century
Spice trade -- Indonesia -- Maluku -- History -- 17th century
Indonesia -- History -- 1478-1798
Maluku (Indonesia) -- History
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- History -- 17th century
Shelf Location 338.17383 MILT
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