A Brief History Of The Pacific: Great Ocean Jeremy Black Robinson Αγγλικά Βιβλία General Issues

This Brilliantly Concise History Of The Pacific Ocean Nevertheless Succeeds In Examining Both Indigenous Presence On Ocean\ S Islands And Western Control Or Influence Over Its Shores There Is A Particular Focus Period From 1530S To 1890 With Greater Coastal Oceanic Beginning Spanish Takeover Coasts Modern Central America Colombia Ecuador Peru Continuing Spaniards Philippines Also An Emphasis Very Different Physical Human Environments Four Quadrants - North-East North-West South-East South-West \ Coastal\ That Aleutians Japan New Zealand Continental Coastlines Always Interactions California Australia Other Territories Notably Terms Trade Migration Fishing Black Looks First At Geology Currents Winds Make-Up Then Region\ Inhabitants 1520 He Describes Before Arrival Europeans Settlement Navigation Methods Religious Practices Easter Island Shifts European Voyages Magellan Cook Tasman Problems They Faced Not Least Sheer Scale Impact These Local People Including Russians Aleutian Outside Region Grew 1788 1898 British Laid Claim Phillipines Economic Political Manifested Sandalwood Gold Rushes Coming Steamships Accelerated Territorial Claims Spread Through Willis Perry Americans Hawaii Maori Wars War South American Coast Christian Missionary Activity Increased Gaugin Offered Vision 1899 1945 Marked Struggle Empires: Rise As Power Second World Critical Moment Oil-Powered Ships Ushered Age 2015 Bringing End France Had Continued Role Tahiti Caledonia But Become Dominant Explores Cultural Impacts For Example Polynesians Attending Universities Australasia Rugby Relatively Little International Tension Although Some Domestic Pressures Remained Instability Papua Guinea Fiji Book Ends Look Pacific\ Future: Industrial Pollution Climate Change Drug Smuggling Chinese Leading Conflict Once Again Frontline Military Planning Future Includes Tourism Acapulco Cairns Σελίδες: 272 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0912 Διαστάσεις: 12 6X12 6Cm