Paradise Found and Lost
Published in January 1989
Book
Hardback
416 pages
978-0-415-02565-2 (ISBN)
Description
A truly epic tale of adventure, political ambition and the economic intertwining of the European and native is told in this account of the islanders of the Pacific. This book should be of interest to advanced students in history; some interest for economists and anthropologists.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
28 maps
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 318 mm
Weight
1140 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-02565-2 (9780415025652)
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Content
Contents: 1. The Peopling of the Pacific; 2. Oceania on the Eve; 3. The Task and the Tools; 4. Terra Australis Quaerenda; 5. The Circumnavigators: Byron through Cook; 6. French and Spaniards 1769-76; 7. Comment on Cook; 8. After Cook; 9. Scurvy and Science; 10. Conditions of Humanity; 11. The Tahitian Venus and the Good Savage; 12. Exploitation of the Explorations; 13. Botany Bay and Nootka Sound.