TY - BOOK AU - Couper,A.D. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Sailors and traders: a maritime history of the Pacific peoples AV - GN662 .C68 2009eb PY - 2009/// CY - Honolulu PB - University of Hawai�i Press KW - Pacific Islanders KW - History KW - Sea Peoples KW - Pacific Area KW - Sailors KW - Shipping KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - 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 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10386712 ER -