Download or read book The Discoverers of the Fiji Islands written by George Cockburn Henderson and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Map on folded sheet in pocket.
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands written by Max Quanchi and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2005-10-18 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The South Seas, as this region used to be called, conjured up images of adventure, belles and savages, romance and fabulous fortunes, but the long voyages of discovery and exploration of the vast Pacific Ocean were really an exercise in amazing logistics, navigation, hard grit, shipwreck and pure luck. The motivations were scientific and geographic, but at the same time nationalistic and materialistic. A series on global exploration and discovery would not be complete without this book by Quanchi and Robson. It is ambitious and informative and includes the familiar names of Laperouse, Bougainville, Cook and Dampier, as well as the intriguing stories of the Bounty Mutiny, scurvy, and the mysterious Northwest Passage, Terra Australis Ignotia and Davis Land. There are entries on first contacts, ships, navigational instruments, mapping, and botany. The scene is carefully set in the introduction, the chronology spans several centuries, and the extensive bibliography offers a guide to further reading. There are more than just dry facts in this book. It has a whiff of salt air, the clash of empires, cross-cultural beach encounters and personal adventure.
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Fiji written by Brij V. Lal and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first concise account of the history of the Fiji islands from the beginning of human settlement to the early years of the 21st century. Its primary focus is on the period since the advent of colonial rule in the late 19th century to the present, benefiting from the author’s internationally acknowledged expertise as a scholar and writer on the Fijian past. Besides factual information, the book also offers a scholarly assessment of the people and events which have shaped Fiji’s history. The Historical Dictionary of Fiji contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Fiji.
Download or read book The Bounty written by Caroline Alexander and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-05-25 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Has history been wrong for 200 years? Read the startling truth about the mutiny on the Bounty, its characters, causes, and aftermath. Television rights are now in development with Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions. More than two centuries after Master’s Mate Fletcher Christian led a mutiny against Lieutenant William Bligh on a small, armed transport vessel called Bounty, the true story of this enthralling adventure has become obscured by the legend. Combining vivid characterization and deft storytelling, Caroline Alexander shatters the centuries-old myths surrounding this story. She brilliantly shows how, in a desperate attempt to save one man from the gallows and another from ignominy, two powerful families came together and began to create the version of history we know today. The true story of the mutiny on the Bounty is an epic of duty and heroism, pride and power, and the assassination of a brave man’s honor at the dawn of the Romantic age.
Download or read book Colonial Reports Annual written by Great Britain. Colonial Office and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 1074 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each number comprises the annual report of a different colony for a particular year.
Download or read book Early Tonga As the Explorers Saw It 1616 1810 written by Edwin N. Ferdon and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2014-12-15 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethnographic observations and experiences on the Tongan Islands up to 1810—just prior to intensive Christian missionary activities—provide an early historic baseline of culture for those interested in alter culture change in Tonga, the only Polynesian island group that has never been ruled by outsiders. Ferdon has drawn on a variety of records to provide a well-documented and highly readable account of major aspects of Tongan life—material culture, government, food and drink, recreation, customs, trade, and warfare—at the time when European influences were only beginning to modify traditional island patterns. The ethnohistorical approach to early Tongan culture offers not only a fascinating glimpse into a world long past but also a basis for the comparative study of European acculturation throughout Polynesia. Edwin N. Ferdon first became interested in early Polynesia while serving as an archaeologist with Thor Heyerdahl’s 1955 expedition to Easter Island. He is also the author of Early Tahiti As the Explorers Saw It, 1767–1797.
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Download or read book The Discovery of the Solomon Islands written by Alvaro de Mendana de Neira and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Sea life sixty years ago a record of the discovery of the relics of the expedition commanded by the comte de La Perouse written by George Bayly and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book My Colonial Fiji written by Beverley Margaret Angus and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hear the word Fiji and you are likely to think of turquoise waters, lush foliage and a year-round tropical paradise. But this island nation is more than a place to which to escape. Its fascinating history includes a brief background as to how Fiji became a British Crown Colony between 1874 and 1970, which period is overlapped by the monopoly of Fiji's sugar industry by the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (CSR) of Australia between 1880 and 1973 when sugar was the mainstay of Fiji's economy.
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 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translated from the original Spanish manuscripts.
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Download or read book Polynesian Navigation and the Discovery of New Zealand written by Jeff Evans and published by Oratia Media Ltd. This book was released on 2011 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The science and stories behind the remarkable Polynesian settlement of the South Pacific and finally New Zealand, with plentiful illustrations and maps
Download or read book The Journal of William Lockerby Sandalwood Trader in the Fijian Islands during the Years 1808 1809 written by Leonard C. Wharton and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The additional documents include Samuel Patterson's account of the wreck of the Eliza, 1808, the journal of the missionaries from the Hibernia, 1809, Captain Richard Siddon's experiences in Fiji in 1809-15, and extracts from periodical publications, 1804-15. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1925.
Download or read book The Journal of William Lockerby Sandalwood Trader in the Fijian Islands During the Years 1808 1809 written by William Lockerby and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
