Historical dictionary of the discovery and exploration of the Pacific islands / Max Quanchi, John Robson
- Bib ID:
- 3638404
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Quanchi, Max
- Online Version:
- Table of contents
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- Edition:
- [Pbk. ed.]
- Description:
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- Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c2005
- lxx, 299 p., [12] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780810853959
- 0810853957
- Series:
- Historical dictionaries of discovery and exploration ; no. 2.
- Summary:
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"Presents the familiar names of Laperouse, Bougainville, Cook, and Dampier, as well as intriguing stories of The Bounty mutiny, scurvy, and the mysterious Northwest Passage, Terra Australis Ignotia, and Davis Land. Also included 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." -- BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: Contents
- Editor's Foreword Jon Woronoff
- Preface
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- List of Maps
- Chronology
- Introduction
- The Dictionary
- Bibliography
- About the Authors.
- Notes:
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- Originally published as: The historical dictionary of the discovery and exploration of the Pacific Islands. 2005.
- Bibliography: p. 183-297.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Robson, John, 1949-
- Also Titled:
- Discovery and exploration of the Pacific Islands
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2005
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