Nathaniel's Nutmeg - How One Man's Courage Changed the Course of History

Zusatztext Milton has a terrific eye for the kind of detail that can bring the past vividly to life Informationen zum Autor Giles Milton is the million-copy, internationally bestselling author of a dozen works of narrative history. His books have been translated into twenty-five languages. One of Milton's previous works, Nathaniel's Nutmeg , is currently being developed into a major screen project. Milton is the writer and narrator of the acclaimed narrative podcast series, Ministry of Secrets , produced by Sony and available on all platforms. He lives in London and Burgundy. Klappentext The extraordinary story of how an English adventurer, Nathaniel Courthope, went to war with the Dutch over the then fabulously valuable spice Nutmeg, and set in motion events that led five years later to the founding of New York city. A fascinating depiction of exploration and colonial rivalry in the new world in the early seventheenth century, and of the little known origins of the Big Apple. "A magnificent piece of popular history" "Independent On Sunday". "The new Bruce Chatwin" "Mail On Sunday". The extraordinary adventure-filled story of how England came to own Manhattan in the seventeenth century Zusammenfassung The extraordinary adventure-filled story of how England came to own Manhattan in the seventeenth century

Product details

• Authors: Giles Milton, Milton Giles
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 16.03.2000
• EAN: 9780340696767
• ISBN: 978-0-340-69676-7
• No. of pages: 388
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 23 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Non-fiction book > History > Middle Ages; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Travel > Travelogues, traveller's tales > World, Arctic, Antarctic; History, European History, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Adventurers & Explorers, HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), British & Irish history, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, Geographical discovery and exploration, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Biography: adventurers and explorers