Sailors and traders a maritime history of the Pacific peoples /

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Hoofdauteur: Couper, A. D.
Coauteur: ebrary, Inc
Formaat: Elektronisch E-boek
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2009.
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Inhoudsopgave:
  • Introduction: A seafaring perspective
  • Sailors, myths and traditions
  • The first pacific seafarers
  • Settlements, territories and trade
  • The arrival of foreign ships
  • Pacific commercial shipowners
  • Under foreign sail
  • Dangers, mutinies and the law
  • Companies, colonies and crewing
  • Island protests and enterprises
  • Contemporary local and regional shipping
  • The global pacific seafarer
  • Epilogue: Some contemporary resonances.