Pacific worlds : a history of seas, peoples, and cultures / Matt K. Matsuda.
Pacific worlds : a history of seas, peoples, and cultures / Matt K. Matsuda.
Pacific worlds : a history of seas, peoples, and cultures / Matt K. Matsuda.
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Publisher
Cambridge, [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Date
2012.
Call Numbers
H 2013/1767
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 436 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Introduction: encircling the ocean; 1. Civilization without a center; 2. Trading rings and tidal empires; 3. Straits, sultans and treasure fleets; 4. Conquered colonies and Iberian ambitions; 5. Island encounters and the Spanish lake; 6. Sea changes and spice islands...
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Publisher
Cambridge, [Eng.] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2012.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand
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Summary
"Asia, the Pacific Islands and the coasts of the Americas have long been studied separately. This essential single-volume history of the Pacific traces the global interactions and remarkable peoples that have connected these regions with each other and with Europe and the Indian Ocean, for millennia. From ancient canoe navigators, monumental civili...
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Pacific worlds : a history of seas, peoples, and cultures / Matt K. Matsuda.
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Includes bibliographical indexes (p. [379]-412), and index.
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H 2013/1767
Record Identifier
74VvO8b77k3g
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvO8b77k3g
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ISBN
9780521715669 (paperback)
9780521887632 (hardback)
DDC
995
MMS ID
991008546949702626
