First published in Australia in 2002

Copyright © Peter Macinnis 2002

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Macinnis, P. (Peter).
  Bittersweet: the story of sugar.

Bibliography.
ISBN 1 86508 657 6.

1. Sugar—History. 2. Sugar trade—History. I. Title

633.6

Cover by Liz Seymour
Cover illustration: Theodor de Bry, Collections peregrinatorium, 1595
Chapter illustration: Jacques Dalechamps, Historie générale des plantes, 1615
Maps by Ian Faulkner
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