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| Title | : | Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History |
| Author | : | Giles Milton |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 388 pages |
| Published | : | 2005 by Sceptre (first published March 4th 1999) |
| Categories | : | History. Nonfiction. Food and Drink. Food. Travel. Adventure |
Giles Milton
Paperback | Pages: 388 pages Rating: 3.83 | 4021 Users | 345 Reviews
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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.Itemize Books In Favor Of Nathaniel's Nutmeg: How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History
| Original Title: | Nathaniel's Nutmeg |
| ISBN: | 0340696761 (ISBN13: 9780340696767) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Nathaniel Courthope, Captain of the Swan |
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In this lively account, Milton tells the history of the spice trade, especially involving nutmeg and mace in the 16th and 17th centuries. The book gives good detail based on ship logs, original accounts, and letters of the expansion of trade including shifts in the interactions of European nations, piracy, international politics, expansion of naval navigation, and the search for a northwest and a northeast passage with all the intrigue and political maneuvering this entailed. The book includesThe book is about the 16th and 17th century race to the spice islands between the European powers, primarily England and Holland, but also Spain and Portugual. The first part of this book is engrossing, thrilling, and shocking as Milton describes the early attempts to find routes from Europe to the sources of spices like nutmeg (which was supposedly a cure for the black plague), cloves, and cinnamon. Most of these spices were exclusively grown on tiny islands that make up part of modern-day
I love to read history. The most wonderful, improbable, intriguing stories are lurking in our history books, if we have the patience and wit to find them. Obviously, I think Giles Milton has found one of those fascinating, obscure true life adventures. Nathaniel Courthope really was an amazing heroic figure that time has consigned to forgotten dusty pages. He and the other swashbuckling characters of the East India trade are all but unknown today, but they swashed their way to creating the
This is an utterly fascinating book - and I loved all the original sources. But I was disappointed that Nathaniel didnt surface until page 271 and was gone again by page 306! Also although infinitely better than the Dutch , I not sure that Nathaniel isnt over described as a thoroughly good guy - full of derring do.I had to skip all the torture scenes but important to know they happened....The scene in the epilogue with the flickering re runs of American tv is totally heart -breaking . I thought
There was a time when people killed and died for nutmeg. Imagine that! Stinking nutmeg! Not even oregano or at least cinnamon. I must say on my list of things I would be willing to die for nutmeg is somewhere at the bottom, right before marmite. Nonetheless, The Dutch and the English and the Portuguese would fight relentlessly over the access to nutmeg. Apart from successfully killing the smell and taste of rotten meat, nutmeg was also known for curing just about anything from the plague to
I found this very disappointing for two reasons. I had previously read Samurai William which despite its flaws I had much enjoyed and the title and tag on the cover because this book does not live up to its cover. Nathaniel's is a very minor character in the book and Milton's hypothesis that his actions changed the course of history is not properly explored or supported by the book. It is obvious that a lot of research has been done and I did pick up a large number of curious facts and was
Nathaniels Nutmeg by Giles Milton is a historical account which neatly chronicles the race of all the major powers in Western Europe to corner the spice market. One of the most sought-after spice at that time was nutmeg, a native plant of Banda Islands, East Indies (now known as Indonesia).Some of us might be wondering: What is nutmeg? Why was it so popular? Well, back then, it was a fruit known to kill the smell and taste of rotten meat (which is true). It was also believed to have powerful
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