Sea people : the puzzle of Polynesia / Christina Thompson.
Sea people : the puzzle of Polynesia / Christina Thompson.
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Publisher
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
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G 2019/5241 , H 2019/1272
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 365 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Prologue: Kealakekua Bay -- The eyewitnesses (1521-1722). A very great sea : the discovery of Oceania ; First contact : Mendana in the Marquesas ; Barely an island at all : atolls of the Tuamotus ; Outer limits : New Zealand and Easter Island -- Connecting the dots (1764-1778). Tahiti : the heart of...
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Publisher
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2019]
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2019]
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Summary
"A blend of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester's Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know. For more than a millennium, Polynesians have occupied the remotest island...
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Full title
Sea people : the puzzle of Polynesia / Christina Thompson.
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Puzzle of Polynesia
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"The quest to understand who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know..."--Jacket.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-348) and index.
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©2019
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G 2019/5241 , H 2019/1272
Record Identifier
74VKVBPWOQWy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVBPWOQWy
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ISBN
0062060872 (hbk.)
9780062060877 (hbk.)
DDC
305.8994
MMS ID
991024237611402626
