Who's Who in Pacific Navigation

• Hoofdauteur: Dunmore, John (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: University of Hawai'i Press 1991
• Onderwerpen: Bibliographies, catalogues; Australasian & Pacific history; Maritime history; Biography: general; Colonialism & imperialism; Bibliography; History; Asian Studies; Political Science
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

More than four centuries have passed since Europeans first set eyes on the Pacific, that vast ocean about which earlier generations had theorized and fantasized. They soon ventured forth in search of undiscovered lands, unknown peoples, and imagined riches . Eventually, the Pacific came to reflect t...