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The exploration and colonisation of the Pacific is a remarkable episode of human prehistory. Early sea-going explorers had no prior knowledge of Pacific geograp

This is a print on demand publication. Thse papers are from two symposia at the APS, and the Univ. of PA Museum. Contents: "Intro.," by Ward Goodenough; "The Pr

How, asks John Terrell in this richly illustrated and original book, can we best account for the remarkable diversity of the Pacific Islanders in biology, langu

An authoritative and comprehensive history of the Pacific islanders from 40,000 BC to the present day.

Presenting the history of the inhabitants of the Pacific Islands from first colonization until the spread of European colonial rule in the later 19th century, t