Title: The fatal impact
First published: 1966
Description: Story of social and economic corruption that followed the visits of Captain Cook and other explorers who voyaged to Tahiti, Australia and the Antarctic.
Subjects: Discovery and exploration, History, Civilization, Occidental influences, Discovery andexploration, Territorial expansion, Journeys, Tahiti -- Discovery and exploration., Colonialism, Colonisation, Settlement and contacts, Explorers, Technology, Fire, Fire making, Environment, Land management, Race relations, Violent, Massacres, murders, poisonings, To 1900, Transport, Water, Canoes, Weapons, Discoveries in geography, Cook, james, 1728-1779, Tahiti, Australia, discovery and exploration, Australia, colonization, Antarctica, discovery and exploration, Oceania, history, European influences
Places: Australia, Antarctica, Tahiti, Islands of the Pacific, Oceania, Europe, Pacific Ocean
People: James Cook (1728-1779)
Time periods: 1788-1851