L'isola della noce moscata: come avventurieri, pirati e mercanti di spezie cambiarono la storia del mondo
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9788817125376 (8817125377)
Publish date: 2001
Publisher: Rizzoli
Pages no: 373
Edition language: Italian
Category:
Adventure,
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
Cultural,
Food And Drink,
Food,
Asia,
World History,
Food History,
17th Century
A story of the race for nutmegs and how several people changed the way things work by their behaviour. Nathaniel is a pivotal character in his attempt to hold a spice island and the tragedy of how he wasn't backed up. Interesting but really I didn't find it incredibly engaging. I'm not sure why i...
A story of the race for nutmegs and how several people changed the way things work by their behaviour. Nathaniel is a pivotal character in his attempt to hold a spice island and the tragedy of how he wasn't backed up.Interesting but really I didn't find it incredibly engaging. I'm not sure why it ...
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 Portugu...
Lent out, never returned.
12 years ago
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