The great ocean : Pacific worlds from Captain Cook to the gold rush

The great ocean : Pacific worlds from Captain Cook to the gold rush /

"The Pacific of the early eighteenth century was not a single ocean but a vast and varied waterscape, a place of baffling complexity, with 25,000 islands and seemingly endless continental shorelines. But with the voyages of Captain James Cook, global attention turned to the Pacific, and Europea...

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Main Author: Igler, David, 1964-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2013
Subjects:
Culture diffusion > Pacific Area > History > 18th century.
Culture diffusion > Pacific Area > History > 19th century.
Indigenous peoples > Pacific Area > History > 18th century.
Indigenous peoples > Pacific Area > History > 19th century.
Natural history > Pacific Area > History > 18th century.
Natural history > Pacific Area > History > 19th century.
East and West.
Pacific Ocean > Discovery and exploration.
Pacific Area > Commerce > History > 18th century.
Pacific Area > Commerce > History > 19th century.
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