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Couper, A. D.,

Sailors and traders : a maritime history of the Pacific peoples / Maritime history of the Pacific peoples Alastair Couper. - 1 online resource (xiii, 262 pages) : illustrations, maps - Online access: De Gruyter De Gruyter Open Books. Online access: OAPEN Open Research Library (ORL) .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-251) and index.

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.

Open Access


English.

ISBN: 9781441619884 1441619887 9780824864231 0824864239 9780824869946 082486994X

Source: 22573/ctt62vck7 JSTOR

LCCN:

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA906914 bnb GBA906914. bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: Uk Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Pacific Islanders--History.
Sea Peoples--History.--Pacific Area
Sailors--History.--Pacific Area
Shipping--History.--Pacific Area
HISTORY.
Pacific Islanders.
Sailors.
Sea Peoples.
Shipping.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Pacific Area.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: GN662 / .C68 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 995