Nathaniel's Nutmeg: Or The True And Incredible Adventures Of The Spice Trader Who Changed The Course Of History Download

Nathaniel's Nutmeg: Or the True and Incredible Adventures of the Spice Trader Who Changed the Course of History Giles Milton

To paraphrase Bedford Forrest, he who got there fustest got the mostestThe Dutch records suggest that William Keeling helped instigate the ensuing massacre, but this accusation contradicts his own diariesThis book is not the one that will inspire you to re-discover the islands turbulent and violent times, when nutmeg was more expensive than gold and when the most powerful kingdoms sent numerous battleships to protect or take over those tiny islandsIvan greeted him in a long garment of beaten golde, with an imperial crowne upon his head and staffe of cristall and golde in his right hand'This is essentially genocideThe outcome of the fighting was one of the most spectacular deals in history: Britain ceded Run to Holland but in return was given ManhattanThe East India Company, by contrast, watched its dwindling financial resources lead to it having to sell its shipyards in Deptford, and watch both its employees on the breadline and its warehouses empty, until liquidation was broached at a Company meeting in 1657I must say on my list of things I would be willing to die for nutmeg is somewhere at the bottom, right before marmiteThe middle of the book is confusing and tiring, as the author details the often trivial struggles over the islands and the business details of the companies financing the trips.The end gets a little better, as it focuses on the ultimate battles between the Dutch and English for the Banda IslandsSuch ingredients could scarcely have failed to work on his lordship, for he knew to his cost that a spoonful of nutmeg before bedtime could cause no end of sweet but troublesome dreams: It was extremely fascinating to read about the spice race in which a large number of ships and men were lost to war and illness all over a few small isolated and backwater islands in the South PacificA wonderful place ! I can only tell you that If I've read this book before travelling.probably I would have to think of a different destination The expedition's directors in London must by now have hoped that their ships had found the North-East Passage, broken through it, and be well on their way to the Spice IslandsA 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 powersCHAPTER ONE I found the story of the Spice Trade to be quite interesting and that I suppose was a result of the hard work put in by the authorIt started out promisingly, with a certain amount of humor and story-telling technique, but by the end I finished it only out of curiosity as to WHEN we were actually going to find out who Nathaniel was and HOW he changed historyI got very irritatedBut because the British had a right to this island, they eventually were able to trade it for the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam ffa900202a

Tags: eReader itunes view windows download, direct link book mp3 find how download, book torrent, book cheap book, epub free, get free, book BitTorrent free, free ebook, italian how read price download сhapter, book format djvu, book drive, story pocket amazon download djvu, book zipshare, bookstore, book iCloud, free download mobile pdf, free mobile, book book free from xiaomi, book from motorola read, read without register

GURPS Ogre (GURPS: Generic Universal Role Playing System) mobi download book
Women's Tennis Tactics download.zip
Revolution in Texas: How a Forgotten Rebellion and Its Bloody Suppression Turned Mexicans into Americans (The Lamar Series in Western History) mobi download book
Story and structure download.zip
Fahrenheit 451 SparkNotes Literature Guide (SparkNotes Literature Guide Series) ebook rar
You Must Be This Tall to Ride: Contemporary Writers Take You Inside The Story B. J. Hollars
Minnie (Cowboys and Debutantes, Book Book 3) ebook rar
Mountain Rampage: A National Park Mystery (National Park Mystery Series) downloads torrent
The Shining Host: Changeling: The Dreaming for Mind's Eye Theatre Peter Woodworth
Music and Kabbalah mobi download book