Sailors and traders a maritime history of the Pacific peoples /
Couper, A. D.
Sailors and traders a maritime history of the Pacific peoples / [electronic resource] : Maritime history of the Pacific peoples Alastair Couper - Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2009 - 1 online resource (xiii, 262 p.) : ill., maps
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references 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
Mode of access : Internet
9781441619884 (electronic bk.) 1441619887 (electronic bk.)
Pacific Islanders--History
Sea Peoples--History--Pacific Area
Sailors--History--Pacific Area
Shipping--History--Pacific Area
Sailors and traders a maritime history of the Pacific peoples / [electronic resource] : Maritime history of the Pacific peoples Alastair Couper - Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2009 - 1 online resource (xiii, 262 p.) : ill., maps
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references 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
Mode of access : Internet
9781441619884 (electronic bk.) 1441619887 (electronic bk.)
Pacific Islanders--History
Sea Peoples--History--Pacific Area
Sailors--History--Pacific Area
Shipping--History--Pacific Area