Nathaniel's Nutmeg, or, The true and incredible adventures of the spice trader who changed the course of history
The tiny island of Run is an insignificant speck in the Indonesian archipelago--remote, tranquil, and, these days, largely ignored. Yet 370 years ago, Run's harvest of nutmeg (yielding a 3,200% profit by the time it arrived in England) made it the most lucrative of the Spice Islands, precipitat...
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New York :
Farrar, Straus and Giroux,
1999.
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HD 9211 .N883 I55 1999 |
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