Exploration and Exchange
Subtitle: A South Seas Anthology, 1680-1900
Contributors: Jonathan Lamb (Editor); Vanessa Smith (Editor); Nicholas Thomas (Editor)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: February 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9780226468464
Subjects: Australasian & Pacific history; Classic travel writing; Geographical discovery & exploration; Maritime history; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; c 1800 to c 1900; History; History - General History; History: World; Oceania; Australia & New Zealand - General; Australia & Oceania - General; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Travel / Australia & Oceania; Discovery and exploration; Explorers
First sentence: The period extending from 1680 to 1800 saw successful challenges by the British and French to Dutch control of the Indian Ocean trade routes and to Spanish predominance in the Pacific.