The Discovery of the Pacific Islands
Author : Andrew Sharp
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,30 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Oceania
ISBN :
Author : Andrew Sharp
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,30 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Oceania
ISBN :
Author : Max Quanchi
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 39,34 MB
Release : 2005-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 0810865289
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.
Author : Nigel Rigby
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 33,45 MB
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 1472957741
Captain Cook is generally acknowledged as the first great European scientific explorer. His voyage of exploration to the Pacific in HM bark Endeavour, commencing in 1768, lasted almost three years, recorded thousands of miles of uncharted lands and seas – including New Zealand, the east coast of Australia and many Pacific islands – and tested all Cook's skills as a navigator, seaman and leader. His voyages were among the first to take civilian scientists, notably Sir Joseph Banks, and they revealed to European eyes the mysterious and exotic lands, peoples, flora and fauna of the Pacific, never before seen. But while Cook understandably dominates the story of 18th-century Pacific exploration, the achievements of those who followed him on many voyages of science and exploration into the Pacific have been neglected and deprived of the greater attention they deserve. Correcting this imbalance, Pacific Exploration explores the European voyages that continued Cook's work not only of charting but also starting to exploit and control the Pacific. These voyages, by William Bligh, George Vancouver, Matthew Flinders, Malaspina, Lapérouse and Arthur Phillip, span a period that saw Britain becoming the world's leading maritime power, a situation well in place by the time that Charles Darwin's voyage in Fitzroy's Beagle laid the basis of even greater understanding of the development of life on earth. Recounting and illustrating these achievements and legacies using fascinating text and beautiful illustrations and artworks from the period, this book explores topics of scientific discovery, engagement with indigenous peoples, the use of shipboard artists and scientists, the growing professionalism of the hydrographic service, the vessels used and the colonial, commercial and imperial contexts of the voyages.
Author : Paul Dichter
Publisher : Lerner Publications (Tm)
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 22,32 MB
Release : 2018-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1541532589
Welcome to the Pacific Islands! Join Moana, her friends, and her family as you explore the history, culture, and stories of these great islands.
Author : Max Quanchi
Publisher : A to Z Guide Series
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,16 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Oceania
ISBN : 9780810868304
The long voyages of discovery and exploration of the vast Pacific Ocean were an exercise in logistics, navigation, hard grit, shipwreck and pure luck. The motivations were scientific and geographic, but at the same time nationalistic and materialistic. This ambitious and informative reference 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 cross-referenced 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.
Author : Andrew Sharp
Publisher :
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 45,68 MB
Release : 1960
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Ian C. Campbell
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 25,35 MB
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520069015
"Dr. Campbell's awareness of the importance of the active roles which Pacific islanders played in the shaping of the histories of their own countries is evident throughout: he has examined, whenever he could, historical events and processes from the point of view and interests of the islanders concerned. No other work has done this, and that in itself makes Dr. Campbell's book an important contribution to Pacific history."--Dr. Malama Meleisea, Director of the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury "Dr. Campbell's awareness of the importance of the active roles which Pacific islanders played in the shaping of the histories of their own countries is evident throughout: he has examined, whenever he could, historical events and processes from the point of view and interests of the islanders concerned. No other work has done this, and that in itself makes Dr. Campbell's book an important contribution to Pacific history."--Dr. Malama Meleisea, Director of the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury
Author : Alexander Dalrymple
Publisher :
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 14,98 MB
Release : 1769
Category : Oceania
ISBN :
Author : George Vancouver
Publisher :
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 32,69 MB
Release : 1801
Category : Arctic regions
ISBN :
Author : Patrick Vinton Kirch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 29,92 MB
Release : 2002-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 0520234618
Providing a synthesis of archaeological and historical anthropological knowledge of the indigenous cultures of the Pacific islands, this text focuses on human ecology and island adaptations.