Nathaniel’s Nutmeg: How One Man’s Courage Changed the Course of History
Author: Giles Milton ISBN: 9780340696767 Pages: 388 Description: 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 […]