The Coral Sea

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910157585203321
• Autore: Villiers Alan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: TBD : , : Pickle Partners Publishing, , 1949; ©1949
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (245 p.)
• Disciplina: 919
• Soggetti: Explorers; Coral Sea
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Title page -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- CHAPTER ONE-THE CORAL SEA -- CHAPTER TWO-THE INDUSTRIOUS POLYP -- CHAPTER THREE-THE PEOPLES OF THE CORAL SEA -- CHAPTER FOUR-THE NATIVE NAVIGATORS -- CHAPTER FIVE-THE PORTUGUESE -- CHAPTER SIX-THE SPANIARDS -- CHAPTER SEVEN-THE COLONY AT SANTA CRUZ -- CHAPTER EIGHT-THE QUEST OF QUEIROS -- CHAPTER NINE-LUIS VAZ DE TORRES -- CHAPTER TEN-THE HOLLANDERS -- CHAPTER ELEVEN-WILLIAM DAMPIER, BUCCANEER -- CHAPTER TWELVE-THE ENGLISH-I -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN-THE ENGLISH-II -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN-THE FRENCH -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN-THE NINETEENTH CENTURY -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN-FIVE KNOTS IN A PALM FROND -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN-SHIPWRECK AND BOAT VOYAGES -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN-THE SANDALWOODERS -- CHAPTER NINETEEN-THE BLACKBIRDER -- CHAPTER TWENTY-THE FORTY QUIET YEARS -- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE-WAR COMES TO THE CORAL SEA -- EPILOGUE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER
• Sommario/riassunto: The Coral Sea is a history of explorations, outlaws, desperados, runaway whalemen, beachcombers, treacherous wooders, blackbirders and missionaries.Contains maps drawn by Stephen J. Voorhies and numerous historic photographs, accompanying those of the author.