The great ocean : Pacific worlds from Captain Cook to the gold rush / David Igler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Igler, David, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural history.

History.

Indigenous peoples.

Commerce.

Culture diffusion.

Discoveries in geography.

Pacific Ocean--Discovery and exploration.

Pacific Ocean.

Culture diffusion--Pacific Area--History--18th century.

Culture diffusion--Pacific Area--History--19th century.

Pacific Area--Commerce--History--18th century.

Pacific Area.

Pacific Area--Commerce--History--19th century.

Indigenous peoples--Pacific Area--History--18th century.

Indigenous peoples--Pacific Area--History--19th century.

Natural history--Pacific Area--History--18th century.

Natural history--Pacific Area--History--19th century.

East and West.

Physical Description:

xi, 255 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]

Contents:

Introduction : ocean worlds

Seas of commerce

Disease, sex, and indigenous depopulation

Hostages and captives

The great hunt

Naturalists and natives in the great ocean

Assembling the Pacific

Conclusion : when East became West.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199914951

0199914958

OCLC:

811599695