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The Discovery of Islands

Author : J. G. A. Pocock
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781139446617
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (466 download)

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Download or read book The Discovery of Islands written by J. G. A. Pocock and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-09-08 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Discovery of Islands consists of a series of linked essays in British history, written by one of the world's leading historians of political thought and published over the past three decades. Its purpose is to present British history as that of several nations interacting with - and sometimes seceding from - an imperial state. The commentary presents this history as that of an archipelago, expanding across oceans to the Antipodes. Both New Zealand history and the author's New Zealand heritage inform this vision, presenting British history as oceanic and global, complementing (and occasionally criticising) the presentation of that history as European. Professor Pocock's interpretation of British history has been hugely influential in recent years, making The Discovery of Islands a resource of immense value for historians of Britain and the world.

The Discovery of the Pacific Islands

Author : Andrew Sharp
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The Discovery of the Pacific Islands written by Andrew Sharp and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Un-Discovered Islands

Author : Malachy Tallack
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 1250148456
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book The Un-Discovered Islands written by Malachy Tallack and published by Picador. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Un-Discovered Islands, critically acclaimed author Malachy Tallack takes the reader on fascinating adventures to the mysterious and forgotten corners of the map. Be prepared to be captivated by the astounding tales of two dozen islands once believed to be real but no longer on the map. These are the products of the imagination, deception, and human error: an archipelago of ex-islands and forgotten lands. From the well-known story of Atlantis and the mysteries of frozen Thule to more obscure tales from around the globe, and from ancient history right up to the present day, this is an atlas of legend and wonder, with glorious illustrations by Katie Scott.

The Discovery of the Solomon Islands by Alvaro De Mendaña in 1568; Volume 1

Author : Basil Thomson
Publisher : Franklin Classics
ISBN 13 : 9780342196418
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (964 download)

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Download or read book The Discovery of the Solomon Islands by Alvaro De Mendaña in 1568; Volume 1 written by Basil Thomson and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Aphrodite's Island

Author : Penguin Group Australia
Publisher : Viking
ISBN 13 : 9780143770848
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Aphrodite's Island written by Penguin Group Australia and published by Viking. This book was released on 2016-11-28 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Aphrodite's Islandis a bold new account of the European discovery of Tahiti, the Pacific island of mythic status that has figured so powerfully in European imaginings about sexuality, the exotic, and the nobility or bestiality of 'savages'. In this ground-breaking book, Anne Salmond takes readers to the centre of the shared history to furnish rich insights into Tahitian perceptions of the visitors while illuminating the full extent of European fascination with Tahiti. As she discerns the impact and meaning of the European effect on the islands, she demonstrates how, during the early contact period, the mythologies of Europe and Tahiti intersected and became entwined. Drawing on Tahitian oral histories, European manuscripts and artworks, collections of Tahitian artefacts, and illustrated with contemporary sketches, paintings, and engravings from the voyages, Aphrodite's Islandprovides a vivid account of the Europeans' Tahitian adventures. At the same time, the book's compelling insights into Tahitian life significantly change the way we view the history of this small island during a period when it became a crossroads for Europe."

Vanished Islands and Hidden Continents of the Pacific

Author : Patrick D. Nunn
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824832191
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book Vanished Islands and Hidden Continents of the Pacific written by Patrick D. Nunn and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2008-10-31 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Islands—as well as entire continents—are reputed to have disappeared in many parts of the world. Yet there is little information on this subject concerning its largest ocean, the Pacific. Over the years, geologists have amassed data that point to the undeniable fact of islands having disappeared in the Pacific, a phenomenon that the oral traditions of many groups of Pacific Islanders also highlight. There are even a few instances where fragments of Pacific continents have disappeared, becoming hidden from view rather than being submerged. In this scientifically rigorous yet readily comprehensible account of the fascinating subject of vanished islands and hidden continents in the Pacific, the author ranges far and wide, from explanations of the region’s ancient history to the meanings of island myths. Using both original and up-to-date information, he shows that there is real value in bringing together myths and the geological understanding of land movements. A description of the Pacific Basin and the "ups and downs" of the land within its vast ocean is followed by chapters explaining how—long before humans arrived in this part of the world—islands and continents that no longer exist were once present. A succinct account is given of human settlement of the region and the establishment of cultural contexts for the observation of occasional catastrophic earth-surface changes and their encryption in folklore. The author also addresses the persistent myths of a "sunken continent" in the Pacific, which became widespread after European arrival and were subsequently incorporated into new age and pseudoscience explanations of our planet and its inhabitants. Finally, he presents original data and research on island disappearances witnessed by humans, recorded in oral and written traditions, and judged by geoscience to be authentic. Examples are drawn from throughout the Pacific, showing that not only have islands collapsed, and even vanished, within the past few hundred years, but that they are also liable to do so in the future.

The Discovery of the Solomon Islands by Alvaro De Mendaña in 1568

Author : Basil Thomson
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781016401012
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Discovery of the Solomon Islands by Alvaro De Mendaña in 1568 written by Basil Thomson and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Islands of History

Author : Marshall Sahlins
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022616215X
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book Islands of History written by Marshall Sahlins and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-03-06 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marshall Sahlins centers these essays on islands—Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand—whose histories have intersected with European history. But he is also concerned with the insular thinking in Western scholarship that creates false dichotomies between past and present, between structure and event, between the individual and society. Sahlins's provocative reflections form a powerful critique of Western history and anthropology.

Island World

Author : Gary Y Okihiro
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520261674
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Island World written by Gary Y Okihiro and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This quirky, brilliant book gives the reader the thrill of cultural history done well. Okihiro undertakes a conventional topic in a jarring way, avoiding the assumption of set boundaries of nations and human societies."—Henry Yu, author of Thinking Orientals: Migration, Contact, and Exoticism in Modern America "This beautifully written book integrates the history of Hawai'i into that of the U.S. better than any other I have ever read." —Patricia Seed, author of American Pentimento: The Invention of Indians and the Pursuit of Riches

The Pacific Islands

Author : Paul Dichter
Publisher : Lerner Publications (Tm)
ISBN 13 : 1541532589
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book The Pacific Islands written by Paul Dichter and published by Lerner Publications (Tm). This book was released on 2018-08 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the Pacific Islands! Join Moana, her friends, and her family as you explore the history, culture, and stories of these great islands.

Divers Voyages Touching the Discovery of America and the Islands Adjacent

Author : Richard Hakluyt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Divers Voyages Touching the Discovery of America and the Islands Adjacent written by Richard Hakluyt and published by . This book was released on 1850 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Island at the End of the World

Author : Steven Roger Fischer
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1861894163
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Island at the End of the World written by Steven Roger Fischer and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a long stretch of green coast in the South Pacific, hundreds of enormous, impassive stone heads stand guard against the ravages of time, war, and disease that have attempted over the centuries to conquer Easter Island. Steven Roger Fischer offers the first English-language history of Easter Island in Island at the End of the World, a fascinating chronicle of adversity, triumph, and the enduring monumentality of the island's stone guards. A small canoe with Polynesians brought the first humans to Easter Island in 700 CE, and when boat travel in the South Pacific drastically decreased around 1500, the Easter Islanders were forced to adapt in order to survive their isolation. Adaptation, Fischer asserts, was a continuous thread in the life of Easter Island: the first European visitors, who viewed the awe-inspiring monolithic busts in 1722, set off hundreds of years of violent warfare, trade, and disease—from the smallpox, wars, and Great Death that decimated the island to the late nineteenth-century Catholic missionaries who tried to "save" it to a despotic Frenchman who declared sole claim of the island and was soon killed by the remaining 111 islanders. The rituals, leaders, and religions of the Easter Islanders evolved with all of these events, and Fischer is just as attentive to the island's cultural developments as he is to its foreign invasions. Bringing his history into the modern era, Fischer examines the colonization and annexation of Easter Island by Chile, including the Rapanui people's push for civil rights in 1964 and 1965, by which they gained full citizenship and freedom of movement on the island. As travel to and interest in the island rapidly expand, Island at the End of the World is an essential history of this mysterious site.

The Discovery of the Solomon Islands by Alvaro De Menda?a in 1568

Author : Basil Thomson
Publisher : Рипол Классик
ISBN 13 : 5876732168
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book The Discovery of the Solomon Islands by Alvaro De Menda?a in 1568 written by Basil Thomson and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1967 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated from the original Spanish manuscripts.

The Dark Island

Author : Benjamin Kingsbury
Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
ISBN 13 : 1988545951
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (885 download)

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Download or read book The Dark Island written by Benjamin Kingsbury and published by Bridget Williams Books. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1906 to 1925 Quail Island, in Lyttelton Harbour, was the site of New Zealand’s leprosy colony. The colony began by accident, as it were, after the discovery of a leprosy sufferer in Christchurch. As further patients arrived from across the country, it grew into a controversial and troubled institution – an embarrassment to the Health Department, an object of pity to a few, a source of fear to many. This remarkable narrative reveals a little-known aspect of New Zealand’s past, shedding light on the treatment of some of society’s most marginal, unfortunate and isolated people. Written in lucid, compelling prose, The Dark Island heralds the arrival of a significant historical voice.

Founded Upon the Seas

Author : Michael Craton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789766371173
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Founded Upon the Seas written by Michael Craton and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded Upon the Seas: A History of the Cayman Islands and Their People is the first comprehensive history of the Cayman Islands. Researched and written by the noted Caribbean Historian, Dr Michael Craton and the Cayman Islands New History Committee, it explores in detail the social, economic, and political history of all three islands. Caymanians were once renowned as shipbuilders, turtlers, and sailors, and their life, whether on sea or land, was marked by resourcefulness and strong communal ties born of hardship and isolation. Rapid changes since the 1960s have transformed the islands into a major tourist destination and an international banking centre. Founded Upon the Seas traces how this distinct community evolved from the days of the first settlers to the era of cruise ships, land development, and international finance. Based on a wealth of information drawn from archives and libraries in the Caribbean, Europe and North America, the text is illustrated with rare maps, facsimile documents and numerous photographs.

A History of the Virgin Islands of the United States

Author : Isaac Dookhan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Virgin Islands of the United States written by Isaac Dookhan and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History of the Philippine Islands

Author : Antonio de Morga
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book History of the Philippine Islands written by Antonio de Morga and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sucesos de las Islas Filipinas (English: Events in the Philippine Islands) is a book written and published by Antonio de Morga considered one of the most important works on the early history of the Spanish colonization of the Philippines. It was published in 1609 after he was reassigned to Mexico in two volumes by Casa de Geronimo Balli, in Mexico City.