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100 1 _aLewis, David,
_d1917-2002.
_1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkdhMJYtYVT3wRwMGYtrq
245 1 0 _aFrom Maui to Cook :
_bthe discovery and settlement of the Pacific /
_cDavid Lewis ; drawings by Walter Stackpool.
260 _aSydney, N.S.W. :
_bDoubleday Australia,
_c1977.
300 _a212 pages :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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500 _aMaps on lining papers.
500 _aNew Zealand author.
500 _aPacific area, ca B.C.58-ca A.D.1850 (ANB/PRECIS SIN 0194719).
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 209-212).
505 0 _a[Part] One. The founding fathers. 1. Man comes to the South Seas -- 2. Islands under the stars : the navigators of Polynesia -- 3. Peoples of the Pacific Rim -- [Part] Two. The westerners. 4. "We will eat the leather from the yards" -- 5. Spain challenged -- 6. Mendaña's swan song, Quiros, and Torres -- 7. Spain overtaken -- 8. Privateer and naval squadron -- 9. The scientific explorers -- [Part] Three. Fa'a Pasifika. 10. Clash of cultures -- 11. Voyages of exploration into the past.
520 _aThe story of Pacific exploration seen through the eyes of a modern-day seagoing adventurer. It ranges from prehistoric times - when legend says the god Maui fished the North Island of New Zealand out of the sea - to the culmination of European exploration by Cook and concludes with the resurgence of voyaging by Pacific Islanders in their traditional craft.
651 0 _aOceania
_xDiscovery and exploration.
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