Saggi: L'isola della noce moscata

Come avventurieri, pirati e mercanti di spezie cambiarono la storia del mondo

Autori

• Giles Milton
• Sergio Mancini

Parametri

• 373 pagine
• 14 ore di lettura

• Mappe e viaggi
• Narrativa
• Saggistica
• Tema stórico
• Viaggi

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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.

Lingua: Italiano

Pubblicato: 2001

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