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Sailors and traders

by Couper, A. D.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : University of Hawai�i Press, (Honolulu :) Physical details: xiii, 262 p. : ill., maps.
Subject(s): Pacific Islanders -- History. | Sea Peoples -- Pacific Area -- History. | Sailors -- Pacific Area -- History. | Shipping -- Pacific Area -- History. | Electronic books.
Year: 2009
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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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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