Author: Stephenson Percy SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Niue
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Niuē-Fekai (or Savage) Island and Its People
Author: Stephenson Percy SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Niue
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Niue The Island And Its People
Author: Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands
Author: Max QuanchiPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810865289
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The South Seas, as this region used to be called, conjured up images of adventure, belles and savages, romance and fabulous fortunes, but the long voyages of discovery and exploration of the vast Pacific Ocean were really an exercise in amazing logistics, navigation, hard grit, shipwreck and pure luck. The motivations were scientific and geographic, but at the same time nationalistic and materialistic. A series on global exploration and discovery would not be complete without this book by Quanchi and Robson. It is ambitious and informative and includes the familiar names of Laperouse, Bougainville, Cook and Dampier, as well as the intriguing stories of the Bounty Mutiny, scurvy, and the mysterious Northwest Passage, Terra Australis Ignotia and Davis Land. There are entries on first contacts, ships, navigational instruments, mapping, and botany. The scene is carefully set in the introduction, the chronology spans several centuries, and the extensive bibliography offers a guide to further reading. There are more than just dry facts in this book. It has a whiff of salt air, the clash of empires, cross-cultural beach encounters and personal adventure.
Niue, a History of the Island
Author: Terry Magaoa ChapmanPublisher: [email protected]
ISBN:
Category : Niue
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Catalogue of the Hocken Library, Dunedin
Author: Hocken LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
The Journal of the Polynesian Society
Author: Polynesian Society (N.Z.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Polynesia
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Vols. for 1892-1941 contain the transactions and proceedings of the society.
Slavers in Paradise
Author: Henry Evans MaudePublisher: [email protected]
ISBN: 9780708116074
Category : Alien labor, Polynesian
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Stewart's Hand Book of the Pacific Islands
Author: Percy Stafford AllenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Islands of the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
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