Nathaniel's nutmeg : how one man's courage changed the course of history
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 work tells the story of how England came to own Manhattan in the seventeenth century.
History
xi, 388 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm
9780340696750, 0340696753
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