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The Nutmeg of Consolation

Name: The Nutmeg of Consolation
ISBN: 9780393030327

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Castaways on a South China Sea island, from scratch to Australia

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Castaways on a South China Sea island, Jack and the crew build a schooner to reach Batavia. Stephen treats the son of a Chinese man, Li Po, who carries them all to Batavia in his junk. Governor Raffles gives Jack a 20-gun ship, which he names Nutmeg of Consolation. The Nutmeg's disguise fails against the French frigate Cornélie, and the fight is only settled when Pullings arrives with the Surprise. Jack takes back the Surprise and sails for New South Wales, where the penal colony appalls everyone. Stephen wins a duel on the spot, learns his fortune is safe and hears he is a father.

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ReferenceNamed for a sultan
Jack names the ship Nutmeg of Consolation after one of the titles of the Sultan of Pulo Prabang.
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ReferenceResearch from The Fatal Shore
In his author's note, O'Brian credits Robert Hughes's The Fatal Shore for his research on the New South Wales penal colony. Dr. Redfern was a real person.
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