Science and Exploration in the Pacific

Science and Exploration in the Pacific
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Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages : 270
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ISBN-10 : 0851158366
ISBN-13 : 9780851158365
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Book Synopsis Science and Exploration in the Pacific by : Margarette Lincoln

Download or read book Science and Exploration in the Pacific written by Margarette Lincoln and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1998 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains studies of scientific and cultural discoveries made on Cook's 1768-7 voyage to the South Sea in Endeavour, and issues emerging from this and successive Pacific voyages.


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