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Author:

Rigby, Nigel.

Title:

Pioneers of the Pacific : voyages of exploration, 1787/1810 / Nigel Rigby, Pieter van der Merwe, and Glyn Williams.

Edition:

North American ed.

Publisher:

University of Alaska Press,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

144 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps ; 26 cm.

Subject:

Explorers--Oceania--Biography.
Oceania--Discovery and exploration.
Europe--Colonies--Oceania.

Other Authors:

Merwe, Pieter van der.
Williams, Glyndwr,

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 141) and index.

Contents:

In the wake of Cook / [Glyn Williams] -- Gentleman, scholar, and seaman: Arthur Phillip and Australia / [Pieter van der Merwe] -- The spirit of discovery: the tragic voyages of Lapérouse / [Nigel Rigby] -- The trials of Captain Bligh / [Pieter van der Merwe] -- The lost voyage of Alejandro Malaspina / [Glyn Williams] -- Acquiring a more complete knowledge: George Vancouver in the North Pacific / [Nigel Rigby] -- An herculean labour: Matthew Flinders' circumnavigation of Australia / [Nigel Rigby].

ISBN:

9781889963761
1889963763

OCLC:

(OCoLC)61151445

LCCN:

2005020369

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)