Sailors and Traders: A Maritime History of the Pacific Peoples 9780824864231
Written by a senior scholar and master mariner, Sailors and Traders is the first comprehensive account of the maritime p
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English Pages 256 [280] Year 2008
Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Nautical Glossary and Abbreviations
Introduction: A Seafaring Perspective
Chapter one. Sailors, Myths, and Traditions
Chapter two. The First Pacific Seafarers
Chapter three. Settlements, Territories, and Trade
Chapter four. The Arrival of Foreign Ships
Chapter five. Pacific Commercial Shipowners
Chapter six. Under Foreign Sail
Chapter seven. Dangers, Mutinies, and the Law
Chapter eight. Companies, Colonies, and Crewing
Chapter nine. Island Protests and Enterprises
Chapter ten. Contemporary Local and Regional Shipping
Chapter eleven. The Global Pacific Seafarer
Epilogue: Some Contemporary Resonances
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Contents
Acknowledgments
Nautical Glossary and Abbreviations
Introduction: A Seafaring Perspective
Chapter one. Sailors, Myths, and Traditions
Chapter two. The First Pacific Seafarers
Chapter three. Settlements, Territories, and Trade
Chapter four. The Arrival of Foreign Ships
Chapter five. Pacific Commercial Shipowners
Chapter six. Under Foreign Sail
Chapter seven. Dangers, Mutinies, and the Law
Chapter eight. Companies, Colonies, and Crewing
Chapter nine. Island Protests and Enterprises
Chapter ten. Contemporary Local and Regional Shipping
Chapter eleven. The Global Pacific Seafarer
Epilogue: Some Contemporary Resonances
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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- Alastair Couper
