Sailors and traders [electronic resource] : a maritime history of the Pacific peoples / Alastair Couper
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TextPublication details: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2009Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 262 p.) : ill., mapsISBN: - 9781441619884 (electronic bk.)
- 1441619887 (electronic bk.)
- Maritime history of the Pacific peoples
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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E-book
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UMPLIB GAMBANG | GN662 .C68 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 0000056536 |
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