Spice : the history of a temptation
Turner, Jack2004
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For the sake of spices, fortunes have been made, empires built and destroyed and new worlds discovered. The history of spice encompasses all the old civilizations and the new, from the lands of the Old Testament to the Spice Islands themselves.
Main title:
Spice : the history of a temptation / Jack Turner.
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Imprint:
London : HarperCollins, 2004.
Collation:
xxxviii, 409 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780002570671 (hbk)000257067X (hbk)
Dewey class:
381.4'1383'09
Language:
English
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BRN:
55147
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