Author: Great Britain. Naval Intelligence Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Islands of the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Pacific Islands: General survey
Author: Great Britain. Naval Intelligence Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Islands of the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Islands of the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
The Journal and Letters of Captain Charles Bishop on the North-West Coast of America, in the Pacific, and in New South Wales, 1794-1799
Author: Michael Roe
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1317026799
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
In 1794, Charles Bishop sailed from Bristol as master of the Ruby, a trading ship bound for north-west America. He had instructions to procure otter furs from the Indians and then to proced to Canton via Japan and sell the cargo. During the years 1794-1802, he rounded South America to reach the Pacific coast, then visited the Pacific islands and the coasts of Asia and Australia. In the Moluccas, he sold the Ruby and purchased the Nautilus; correspondingly, the text is divided into two sections. This narrative is Bishop's journal of his voyages and relates a minor epic of adventure, courage and turbulent fortune. The records of his letters and financial accounts show something of the ships' general organization, and of the seamen who served such expeditions. Bishop also describes the various ports and peoples he encountered; his experiences typify European contacts in the Pacific, and the reaction between trader, missionary, administrator and local inhabitant. Dr Roe's introduction gives the background to the trading voyages of the 18th century and describes Bishop's pwn history. Records of his life continue until 1809, ending tragically in Sydney, where he passed some years in poverty and insanity, before being returned to England. . This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1967.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1317026799
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
In 1794, Charles Bishop sailed from Bristol as master of the Ruby, a trading ship bound for north-west America. He had instructions to procure otter furs from the Indians and then to proced to Canton via Japan and sell the cargo. During the years 1794-1802, he rounded South America to reach the Pacific coast, then visited the Pacific islands and the coasts of Asia and Australia. In the Moluccas, he sold the Ruby and purchased the Nautilus; correspondingly, the text is divided into two sections. This narrative is Bishop's journal of his voyages and relates a minor epic of adventure, courage and turbulent fortune. The records of his letters and financial accounts show something of the ships' general organization, and of the seamen who served such expeditions. Bishop also describes the various ports and peoples he encountered; his experiences typify European contacts in the Pacific, and the reaction between trader, missionary, administrator and local inhabitant. Dr Roe's introduction gives the background to the trading voyages of the 18th century and describes Bishop's pwn history. Records of his life continue until 1809, ending tragically in Sydney, where he passed some years in poverty and insanity, before being returned to England. . This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1967.
Pacific Island: General survey
Author: Great Britain. Naval Intelligence Division
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Islands of the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Islands of the Pacific
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
The Naturalist and His 'beautiful Islands'
Author: David Russell Lawrence
Publisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1925022021
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
‘I know no place where firm and paternal government would sooner produce beneficial results then in the Solomons … Here is an object worthy indeed the devotion of one’s life’. Charles Morris Woodford devoted his working life to pursuing this dream, becoming the first British Resident Commissioner in 1897 and remaining in office until 1915, establishing the colonial state almost singlehandedly. His career in the Pacific extended beyond the Solomon Islands. He worked briefly for the Western Pacific High Commission in Fiji, was a temporary consul in Samoa, and travelled as a Government Agent on a small labour vessel returning indentured workers to the Gilbert Islands. As an independent naturalist he made three successful expeditions to the islands, and even climbed Mt Popomanaseu, the highest mountain in Guadalcanal. However, his natural history collection of over 20,000 specimens, held by the British Museum of Natural History, has not been comprehensively examined. The British Solomon Islands Protectorate was established in order to control the Pacific Labour Trade and to counter possible expansion by French and German colonialists. It remaining an impoverished, largely neglected protectorate in the Western Pacific whose economic importance was large-scale copra production, with its copra considered the second-worst in the world. This book is a study of Woodford, the man, and what drove his desire to establish a colonial protectorate in the Solomon Islands. In doing so, it also addresses ongoing issues: not so much why the independent state broke down, but how imperfectly it was put together in the first place.
Publisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1925022021
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 434
Book Description
‘I know no place where firm and paternal government would sooner produce beneficial results then in the Solomons … Here is an object worthy indeed the devotion of one’s life’. Charles Morris Woodford devoted his working life to pursuing this dream, becoming the first British Resident Commissioner in 1897 and remaining in office until 1915, establishing the colonial state almost singlehandedly. His career in the Pacific extended beyond the Solomon Islands. He worked briefly for the Western Pacific High Commission in Fiji, was a temporary consul in Samoa, and travelled as a Government Agent on a small labour vessel returning indentured workers to the Gilbert Islands. As an independent naturalist he made three successful expeditions to the islands, and even climbed Mt Popomanaseu, the highest mountain in Guadalcanal. However, his natural history collection of over 20,000 specimens, held by the British Museum of Natural History, has not been comprehensively examined. The British Solomon Islands Protectorate was established in order to control the Pacific Labour Trade and to counter possible expansion by French and German colonialists. It remaining an impoverished, largely neglected protectorate in the Western Pacific whose economic importance was large-scale copra production, with its copra considered the second-worst in the world. This book is a study of Woodford, the man, and what drove his desire to establish a colonial protectorate in the Solomon Islands. In doing so, it also addresses ongoing issues: not so much why the independent state broke down, but how imperfectly it was put together in the first place.
Pacific Islands Investment and Business Guide Volume 1 Strategic and Practical Information
Author: IBP USA
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1438769121
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Wake Atoll Investment and Business Guide - Strategic and Practical Information
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1438769121
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
Wake Atoll Investment and Business Guide - Strategic and Practical Information
Undelimited Maritime Boundaries in the Pacific Ocean Excluding the Asian Rim
Author: John Robert Victor Prescott
Publisher: IBRU
ISBN: 189764339X
Category : Baselines (Maritime law)
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Publisher: IBRU
ISBN: 189764339X
Category : Baselines (Maritime law)
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
The Japanese Administration of Guam, 1941-1944
Author: Wakako Higuchi
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786490942
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
During World War II, Guam was the only American territory where Japan "administered" the occupied local people. "Organic integration" was the purpose and goal of the Japanese Navy's two and a half year administration of the local Chamorro people, but the navy's attempts failed before U.S. reinvasion in July 1944. By emphasizing the extent of Japan's Mandate in Micronesia, this book examines the Japanese Navy's social, economic, and cultural approaches to "organic integration." Using abundant primary data, the author gives a clear and verifiable picture of the whole occupation period and the Japanese ruling ideology for not only Guam but the entire region--and finds new ways to consider just why Japan went to war. Personal testimonies and documents are included to illustrate the Japanese mentality of war as it unfolded.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786490942
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
During World War II, Guam was the only American territory where Japan "administered" the occupied local people. "Organic integration" was the purpose and goal of the Japanese Navy's two and a half year administration of the local Chamorro people, but the navy's attempts failed before U.S. reinvasion in July 1944. By emphasizing the extent of Japan's Mandate in Micronesia, this book examines the Japanese Navy's social, economic, and cultural approaches to "organic integration." Using abundant primary data, the author gives a clear and verifiable picture of the whole occupation period and the Japanese ruling ideology for not only Guam but the entire region--and finds new ways to consider just why Japan went to war. Personal testimonies and documents are included to illustrate the Japanese mentality of war as it unfolded.
Bulletin
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Pacific Islands
Author: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coconut palm
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Coconut palm
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Television in the Pacific Islands
Author: Rico Lie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Television
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Television
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description