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 Hawaiʻi Press, c2009. - 1 online resource (xiii, 262 p.) : ill., maps
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-251) 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.
9781441619884 (electronic bk.) 1441619887 (electronic bk.)
Pacific Islanders--History.
Sea Peoples--History.--Pacific Area
Sailors--History.--Pacific Area
Shipping--History.--Pacific Area
Electronic books.
GN662 / .C68 2009eb
995
Sailors and traders a maritime history of the Pacific peoples / [electronic resource] : Maritime history of the Pacific peoples Alastair Couper. - Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, c2009. - 1 online resource (xiii, 262 p.) : ill., maps
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-251) 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.
9781441619884 (electronic bk.) 1441619887 (electronic bk.)
Pacific Islanders--History.
Sea Peoples--History.--Pacific Area
Sailors--History.--Pacific Area
Shipping--History.--Pacific Area
Electronic books.
GN662 / .C68 2009eb
995