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The Pacific /
In this fascinating and exciting overview, Donald B. Freeman explores the role of the Pacific Ocean in human history. Covering over one third of the globe, the Pacific Ocean plays a vital role in the lives and fortunes of more than two billion people who live on its rim-lands and islands. It has pla...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2010.
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| Colección: | Seas in history.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Comprehending the Pacific: environmental influences and effects
- Peopling the Pacific: from prehistory to the first European incursions
- Claiming the Pacific: European, Asian and American exploration and annexation
- Encompassing the Pacific: revolutions in transport, navigation and chart making
- Exploiting Pacific resources
- Contesting the Pacific: military activity, colonial struggle and imperial competition
- Picturing the Pacific: the ocean hemisphere in art, literature and film
- Developing the Pacific: political independence, economic advancement and environmental protection.