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Voyagers
The Settlement of the Pacific
Series: The Landmark Library
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This profound exploration suits readers interested in history, anthropology, maritime navigation, and the rich cultures of Oceania.
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Tthe extraordinary sixty-thousand-year history of how the Pacific islands were settled.
The extraordinary sixty-thousand-year history of how the Pacific islands were settled.
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The extraordinary sixty-thousand-year history of how the Pacific islands were settled.
Takes readers on a narrative odyssey Wall Street Journal, Books of the Year
Highlights a dizzying burst of new research The Economist
A refreshing addition to the canon of literature that contemplates Oceanic navigation Noelle Kahanu
I would not be surprised if, after reading this masterpiece, many readers are compelled to take up voyaging themselves Science Magazine
Thousands of islands, inhabited by a multitude of different peoples, are scattered across the vastness of the Pacific. The first European explorers to visit Oceania, from the sixteenth century on, were astounded and perplexed to find populations thriving so many miles from the nearest continents. Who were these people and where did they come from?
In Voyagers, the distinguished anthropologist Nicholas Thomas charts the course of the seaborne migrations that populated the islands between Asia and the Americas. Drawing on the latest research, including insights gained from linguistics, archaeology, and the re-enactment of voyages, Thomas provides a dazzling account of these long-distance migrations, the sea-going technologies that enabled them, and the societies that they left in their wake.
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781838930486
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 07 January 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Apollo
Illustration: 35 integrated colour
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 135.0mm
Height: 200.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 228
About the Author
Nick Thomas is an Australian anthropologist, who was co-curator of the Royal Academy exhibition Oceania. He is Professor of Historical Anthropology, Director of the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge, and has been a Fellow of Trinity College since 2007. He was awarded the 2010 Wolfson History Prize for Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire.
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