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Title:
The Pacific Ocean of Islands Charles Barrett Australia Pacific History Illustrated
Description:
The Pacific Ocean of Islands, edited by Charles Barrett, is a substantial illustrated volume exploring the history, exploration, peoples, art and natural history of the Pacific. Its wide ranging contents include early cartography of the South West Pacific, French navigators, the voyage of the Swallow, Australian whaling, naturalists’ expeditions, Pacific art, the literature of the Bounty, the Bernice P Bishop Museum, birds of paradise, missionaries, plant hunters, Pacific megaliths, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tahiti, Tonga, Hawaii and New Zealand. Illustrated throughout with historic maps, photographs and artworks, including a striking colour plate of birds of paradise. The hardcover binding remains attractive, with some age related wear and toning visible. A fascinating volume for collectors of Pacific history, exploration, cartography, anthropology, maritime history and Australiana.
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