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Author Couper, A. D., author.

Title Sailors and traders : a maritime history of the Pacific peoples / Alastair Couper.

Imprint Honolulu : University of Hawai‘i Press, ©2008.
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 Axe JSTOR Open Ebooks  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 266 pages) : illustrations, maps
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Online access: De Gruyter De Gruyter Open Books.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-251) and index.
Contents 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.
Note Print version record.
Language English.
Access Open Access EbpS
Subject Pacific Islanders -- History.
Sea Peoples -- Pacific Area -- History.
Sailors -- Pacific Area -- History.
Shipping -- Pacific Area -- History.
Océaniens -- Histoire.
Peuples de la Mer -- Pacifique, Région du -- Histoire.
Marins -- Pacifique, Région du -- Histoire.
HISTORY.
Pacific Islanders
Sailors
Sea Peoples
Shipping
Pacific Area
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History
Added Title Maritime history of the Pacific peoples
Other Form: Print version: Couper, A.D. Sailors and traders. Honolulu : University of Hawai‘i Press, ©2009 9780824832391 0824832396 (DLC) 2008038710 (OCoLC)255013110
ISBN 9781441619884 (electronic bk.)
1441619887 (electronic bk.)
9780824864231
0824864239
9780824869946 (online)
082486994X
9780824832391 (hard cover ; alk. paper)
0824832396 (hard cover ; alk. paper)
Standard No. AU@ 000050198822
AU@ 000051409966
DEBBG BV043121754
DEBBG BV044114303
DEBSZ 421962038
DEBSZ 44981565X
GBVCP 1003606695
NZ1 13391513
NZ1 13648866
NZ1 13813280

 
    
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