Saggi: L'isola della noce moscata
Come avventurieri, pirati e mercanti di spezie cambiarono la storia del mondo
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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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Saggi: L'isola della noce moscata, Giles Milton, Sergio Mancini
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- Pubblicato
- 2001
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- Titolo
- Saggi: L'isola della noce moscata
- Sottotitolo
- Come avventurieri, pirati e mercanti di spezie cambiarono la storia del mondo
- Lingua
- Italiano
- Autori
- Giles Milton, Sergio Mancini
- Editore
- Rizzoli
- Pubblicato
- 2001
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 373
- ISBN10
- 8817125377
- ISBN13
- 9788817125376
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Tema stórico, Storia, Mappe e viaggi, Viaggi, Avventura, Cibo, Asia
- Titolo originale
- Nathanielś nutmeg
- Valutazione
- 3,85 su 5
- Descrizione
- 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.