Spice Islands
Sails of Fortune
Sale Price: $15.26*
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The year is 1519, and while Spain and Portugal teeter at the brink of war over the lucrative spice trade, Ferdinand Magellan is gathering his crews for a daring voyage westward to reach the Spice Islands.
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Cradle of Flavor
Sale Price: $21*
Retail: $35 (40% off!)
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Just when you thought you knew everything about Asian food, along comes James Oseland's Cradle of Flavor. Oseland has spent two decades exploring the foods of the Spice Islands. Few can introduce us to the birthplace of spice as he does.
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Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe
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In 1519 Magellan and his fleet of five ships set sail from Seville, Spain, to discover a water route to the fabled Spice Islands in Indonesia, where the most sought-after commodities flourished....
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Priceless Gifts
Sale Price: $12.07*
Retail: $16.95 (29% off!)
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A retelling of a traditional Italian tale in which a kindly Genoese merchant, richly rewarded for solving an irritating problem for the king of the Spice Islands, causes a greedy rival to try and gain a fortune in the same way. Copyright (C) Muze Inc.
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To the Edge of the World
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Retail: $5.99 (5% off!)
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In 1519, after the death of his parents, fourteen-year-old Mateo Macias becomes cabin boy to Ferdinand Magellan on a dangerous journey in search of a route to the fabled Spice Islands. Reprint. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only.
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Textiles of South-east Asia
Sale Price: $34.16*
Retail: $49.95 (32% off!)
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South East Asia covers a vast area that includes the northern mountain terrain of the `Golden Triangle` - the tropical forests, plains and rivers of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar, the rice paddies of Vietnam and Cambodia, and the historic Spice Islands Copyr
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