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A series on global exploration and discovery would not be complete without the Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands. It is ambitious and informative and includes the familiar names of Laperouse, Bougainville, Cook and Dampier as well as the intriguing stories of tranculturites, the Bounty Mutiny, scurvy and the mysterious Northwest Passage, Terra Australis Ignotia and Davis Land. There are entries on first contacts, ships and navigational instruments, mapping and botany. The scene is carefully set in the introduction, the chronology spans several centuries, and the extensive bibliography offers a guide to further reading.

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This is the second book in the series Historical Dictionaries of Discovery and Exploration, and measures up to the high standard of the first volume...This is a valuable, extremely interesting work of scholarship. Arba ...a truly serviceable reference guide to the most essential components of the formidable legacy of Pacific 'discoverers' and explorers. Essential for all academic libraries and their students and for readers with a taste for tales of unknown regions. Reference Reviews, Vol. 20 No. 4, 2006 ...a detailed and complex compendium of information...a valuable addition to the library of anyone working on the Pacific and its varied problems. Journal Of Pacific History, Vol. 42 No. 1, June 2007 Quanchi (Pacific history, Queensland U. of Technology, Australia) and Robson (map librarian, U. of Waikato, New Zealand) offer a dictionary of people, places, periods, and subjects relating to the Pacific Islands, as well as contemporary topics such as El Nino and marine archaeology. Descriptions of exploration, activities, advances, events, and inventions include James Cook, the Seven Years War, mythology and indigenous exploration, ships, and mapping. Maps, chronologies, and a list of Pacific Islands and their initial European visitors are incorporated. One third of the book is taken over by an extensive bibliography by topic. Reference and Research Book News

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Max Quanchi teaches Pacific History at Queensland University of Technology and has written extensively on the history of the Pacific Islands. John Robson is the Map Librarian at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, president of the New Zealand Map Society, and New Zealand representative for the Hakluyt Society.

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