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Book/Printed Material Sailors and traders : a maritime history of the Pacific peoples Maritime history of the Pacific peoples

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Title

  • Sailors and traders : a maritime history of the Pacific peoples

Other Title

  • Maritime history of the Pacific peoples

Names

  • Couper, A. D.

Created / Published

  • Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2009]
  • ©2009

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.

Headings

  • -  Pacific Islanders--History
  • -  Sailors--Pacific Area--History
  • -  Sea Peoples--Pacific Area--History
  • -  Shipping--Pacific Area--History

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-251) and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 electronic resource (xiii, 262 pages )

Call Number/Physical Location

  • GN662

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020719777

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  • Unrestricted online access

Online Format

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Couper, A. D. Sailors and traders: a maritime history of the Pacific peoples. [Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©, 2009] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020719777/.

APA citation style:

Couper, A. D. (2009) Sailors and traders: a maritime history of the Pacific peoples. [Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2020719777/.

MLA citation style:

Couper, A. D. Sailors and traders: a maritime history of the Pacific peoples. [Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©, 2009] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2020719777/>.