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Discoveries

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Discoveries

By Nicholas Thomas

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About the book

Cook's great voyages marked the end of an era in world history. As he sailed into Hawaii in January 1778 he made contact with the last of the human civilizations to grow up independently of the rest of the world. But equally for the Polynesians and Melanesians of the Pacific, Cook's arrival in their midst merely marked a further (if disastrous) twist in diverse histories already many centuries old. In this immensely enjoyable and absorbing book Cook's journeys are reimagined, attempting toleave ...Show more

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9780141986715

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Published year

2018

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1

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Discoveries

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Paperback

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