The Coral Sea
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| Autore: |
Villiers Alan
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| Titolo: |
The Coral Sea
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| Pubblicazione: | TBD : , : Pickle Partners Publishing, , 1949 |
| ©1949 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (245 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 919 |
| Soggetto topico: | Explorers |
| Soggetto geografico: | Coral Sea |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Coral Sea |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910157585203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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