Nathaniel's nutmeg : how one man's courage changed the course of history
Milton, Giles2007
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The island that became Maluka was fought over in the early 17th century by the British and the Dutch, because of the nutmeg there. Nathaniel Courthope and a band of 30 men defended the island successfully against a force 100 times greater.
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London : Sceptre, 1999.
Collation:
xi, 388 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 1999.Originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton.Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-378) and index.
ISBN:
9780340696767 (pbk)
Dewey class:
338.17383382.0941910.92
Language:
English
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Manhattan
BRN:
381433