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

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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

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