TY - BOOK AU - Rabling,Harold TI - Pioneers of the Pacific: the story of the South Seas PY - 1966/// CY - [Sydney] PB - Angus and Robertson KW - Voyages and travels KW - Pacific Area KW - Discovery and exploration N1 - Originally published New York, Norton, 1965 under the title: The story of the Pacific; explorers of the earth's mightiest ocean; The great south sea -- England's adventurers -- Japan in seclusion -- A new era dawns -- The China trade -- Russia in the north -- The great age of whaling -- Filling the open spaces -- The golden years -- The course is set N2 - The story of the discovery and settlement of the Pacific Ocean, from the first voyage of Magellan to the closing years of the last century ER -