Author: REV. MOTHER MARY ROSE (EDITED BY REV. CHARLES F. DECKER)
Title: A Mission Tour in the Southwest Pacific
Description: Boston, MA: Society for the Propagation of the Faith, 1942. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The book cover has a couple of small spots of discoloration. The text pages are clean and bright. "The oldest date so far for remains in Samoa has been calculated by New Zealand scientists to a likely true age of circa 3,000 years ago from a Lapita site at Mulifanua during the 1970s. The origins of the Samoans are closely studied in modern research about Polynesia in various scientific disciplines such as genetics, linguistics and anthropology. Scientific research is ongoing, although a number of different theories exist; including one proposing that the Samoans originated from Austronesian predecessors during the terminal eastward Lapita expansion period from Southeast Asia and Melanesia between 2,500 and 1,500 BCE. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

Keywords: The South Pacific Rev. Mother Mary Rose Rev. Charles F. Decker Missionaries Religion Island Life The South Pacific


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