Author: MOOREHEAD, ALAN
Title: The Fatal Impact the Invasion of the South Pacific, 1767-1840
Description: Sydney, Australia: HarperCollins, 1990. Hardcover. ISBN: 006015800x. Maps, B & W and Color; 7 1/2 x 10 13/4; 252 pages; Hard cover is blue cloth with gold lettering on spine. Rubbing and bumping to boards. Pages are clean and tight. DJ has light rubbing, scuffing, in a mylar cover. Beautifully produced book with 100+ illustrations in color and b/w. 'a beautifully written book about the terrible legacy of European exploration of the Pacific. Alan Moorehead's classic study of the impact of European arrival in Tahiti, Australia and to a lesser extent the Antarctic is a tale of death, destruction and ecological distortion'. Bibliography; source of illustrations; index.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

Keywords: 006015800x Reference; Explorers; Transportation History; South Pacific; Oceana; European History; European Empires; Cultural History; Cultural Anthropology; Cultural History Education European History Geography English/British History World History Busine