The Great Ocean: Pacific Worlds from Captain Cook to the Gold Rush

Book

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

Name/Title

The Great Ocean: Pacific Worlds from Captain Cook to the Gold Rush

Entry/Object ID

LA2018.012.004

Description

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. xi, 255 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Collection

Library Circulating Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Culture diffusion--Pacific Area--History--18th century., Culture diffusion--Pacific Area--History--19th century., Pacific Ocean--Discovery and exploration., Natural history--Pacific Area--History--18th century., Pacific Area--Commerce--History--19th century.

Book Details

Author

Igler, David

Place Published

City

Oxford, England, New York, NY

County

Oxfordshire

Country

England, United Kingdom, USA

Continent

Europe, North America

State/Province

New York

Ocean

East Coast of North America, Atlantic Ocean, World Ocean

Date Published

2013

Call No.

DU20 .I45 2013