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Exploring the Pacific

documentary heritage

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Catalogue

  • Object Type

    book

  • Name/Title
    Exploring the Pacific
  • Other Name

    Discovery & exploration (Series)

  • Primary Maker

     Martha Vail

  • Contributor/Publisher
    Chelsea House
  • Place
    New York City, New York, United States
  • Date
    Circa 2010
  • Physical Description

    120 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps, ports. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

  • ISBN/ISSN
    9781604131970
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Edition/State/Version
    Rev. ed.
  • Subject Category

    Explorers--Pacific Area--Juvenile literature

    Pacific Ocean--Discovery and exploration--Juvenile literature

  • Content
    "Tide beating heart of the earth"
    The first Pacific explorers
    Europeans encounter the Pacific, from east and west
    The Spanish in the Pacific
    Exploration in the service of commerce
    Exploration in the service of empire
    James Cook explores the Pacific
    Science and empire.
  • Public Access Text

    Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-114) and index.

  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    19 Dec 2023
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