Historical Dictionary of the Discovery And Exploration of the Pacific Islands

by Quanchi, Max; Robson, John

• ISBN13: 9780810853959
• ISBN10: 0810853957
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-18
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

The long voyages of discovery and exploration of the vast Pacific Ocean were an exercise in logistics, navigation, hard grit, shipwreck and pure luck. The motivations were scientific and geographic, but at the same time nationalistic and materialistic. This ambitious and informative reference 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 cross-referenced 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.

Author Biography

Max Quanchi teaches Pacific history at Queensland University of Technology

Table of Contents

Editor's Foreword	vii
Jon Woronoff
Preface	ix
List of Maps	xi
Pacific Islands and Their First European Visitors	xiii
Chronologies	xxvii
Maps	xlvii
Introduction	lix
The Dictionary	1	(182)
Bibliography	183	(112)
Appendix Associations, Libraries, and Societies	295	(4)
About the Authors	299