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| Item Call Number |
GA 383 S83 2004 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
18291 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 0794600921
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - GA 383
- Item number - S83 2004
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
- Classification number - 912/.1964
- Edition number - 22
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Suárez, Thomas.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - Early mapping of the Pacific :
- Remainder of title - the epic story of seafarers, adventurers, and cartographers who mapped the Earth's greatest ocean /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Thomas Suárez.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Singapore :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Periplus,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - c2004.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 224 p. :
- Other physical details - col. ill. ;
- Dimensions - 31 cm.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
- Bibliography, etc - Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-219) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - The Pacific Islands and their people -- Mariners, mapmakers, and the great ocean -- The Pacific evolves after Magellan -- In the wake of the Solomon Islands -- Earliest mapping of Australia and New Zealand -- The age of enlightenment -- The three voyages of James Cook -- The discovery of Tahiti and Hawaii -- The eighteenth century after Cook -- Micronesia, the elusive isles -- Surveyors, whalers, and missionaries
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Cartography
- Geographic subdivision - Pacific Ocean
- General subdivision - History.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - Pacific Ocean
- General subdivision - Early works to 1800.
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