Book ID: CBB051358324

Science, Voyages, and Encounters in Oceania, 1511-1850 (2014)

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Douglas, Bronwen (Author)


Palgrave Macmillan


Publication Date: 2014
Physical Details: 361 pp.
Language: English

Blending global scope with local depth, this book throws new light on important themes. Spanning four centuries and vast space, it combines the history of ideas with particular histories of encounters between European voyagers and Indigenous people in Oceania (Island Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands).

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Authors & Contributors
Rowse, Tim
Douglas, Bronwen
Paviour-Smith, Martin
Kananoja, Kalle
Chadwick, Stephen Robert
Rosenthal, Gregory
Journals
Journal of Pacific History
Journal of Historical Geography
History and Anthropology
Environmental History
Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation
Comparative Studies in Society and History
Publishers
Ashgate
Springer International Publishing
University of California Press
Pickering & Chatto
Oxford University Press
Ashgate Publishing
Concepts
Science and culture
Travel; exploration
Indigenous peoples; indigeneity
Sea travel
Science and politics
Colonialism
People
Baudin, Nicolas
Shaler, William
Fernandes, Pedro, de Queirós
Cook, James
Acosta, José de
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
17th century
16th century
20th century
20th century, late
Places
Islands of the Pacific
Australia
New Zealand
Pacific Ocean
New Guinea
France
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