1st Edition
Double Ghosts Oceanian Voyagers on Euroamerican Ships
By David A. Chappell
Copyright 1997
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
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This narrative recounts the 18th and 19th century shipping out of Pacific islanders aboard European and American vessels, a kind of counter-exploring, that echoed the ancient voyages of settlement of their island ancestors.
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Biography
Authored by Chappell, David A.