This is an auction for NATHANIEL'S NUTMEG: HOW ONE MAN'S COURAGE CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY by Giles Milton.

Amazon.com review:

"Would you believe that nutmeg formed the basis for one of the most bitter international conflicts of the 17th century, and was also intimately connected to the rise to global pre-eminence of New York City? Nutmeg was one of the most prized commodities in Renaissance Europe, and its fascinating story is told in Giles Milton's delightful book NATHANIEL'S NUTMEG. The book deals with the competition between England and Holland for possession of the spice- producing islands of South-East Asia throughout the 17th century. Packed with stories of heroism, ambition, ruthlessness, treachery, murder, torture and madness, NATHANIEL'S NUTMEG offers a compelling story of European rivalry, and the incomprehensibility which often comically characterised relations between the Europeans and the inhabitants of the prized islands. At the centre of the story lies Nathaniel Courthope, a lieutenant of the East India Company, who took and held the nutmeg-producing island of Run in the face of Dutch opposition for more than five years, before being murdered in 1620. Courthope's heroism led to the English to take the Dutch colony of Manhattan in revenge. The subsequent peace deal between the two nations gave Holland Run and the British Manhattan; New York was born. NATHANIEL'S NUTMEG is a charming story, which throws light on a spicy, neglected slice of early Europe's fascination with the East."

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Paperback 1999.

388 pages.

Near new condition.

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