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Voyagers
The Settlement of the Pacific
Taschenbuch von Nicholas Thomas
Sprache: Englisch

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The extraordinary sixty-thousand-year history of how the Pacific islands were settled.
'Takes readers on a narrative odyssey' Wall Street Journal, Books of the Year

'Highlights a dizzying burst of new research' The Economist

'A refreshing addition to the canon of literature that contemplates Oceanic navigation' Noelle Kahanu

'I would not be surprised if, after reading this masterpiece, many readers are compelled to take up voyaging themselves' Science Magazine

Thousands of islands, inhabited by a multitude of different peoples, are scattered across the vastness of the Pacific. The first European explorers to visit Oceania, from the sixteenth century on, were astounded and perplexed to find populations thriving so many miles from the nearest continents. Who were these people and where did they come from?

In Voyagers, the distinguished anthropologist Nicholas Thomas charts the course of the seaborne migrations that populated the islands between Asia and the Americas. Drawing on the latest research, including insights gained from linguistics, archaeology, and the re-enactment of voyages, Thomas provides a dazzling account of these long-distance migrations, the sea-going technologies that enabled them, and the societies that they left in their wake.
The extraordinary sixty-thousand-year history of how the Pacific islands were settled.
'Takes readers on a narrative odyssey' Wall Street Journal, Books of the Year

'Highlights a dizzying burst of new research' The Economist

'A refreshing addition to the canon of literature that contemplates Oceanic navigation' Noelle Kahanu

'I would not be surprised if, after reading this masterpiece, many readers are compelled to take up voyaging themselves' Science Magazine

Thousands of islands, inhabited by a multitude of different peoples, are scattered across the vastness of the Pacific. The first European explorers to visit Oceania, from the sixteenth century on, were astounded and perplexed to find populations thriving so many miles from the nearest continents. Who were these people and where did they come from?

In Voyagers, the distinguished anthropologist Nicholas Thomas charts the course of the seaborne migrations that populated the islands between Asia and the Americas. Drawing on the latest research, including insights gained from linguistics, archaeology, and the re-enactment of voyages, Thomas provides a dazzling account of these long-distance migrations, the sea-going technologies that enabled them, and the societies that they left in their wake.
Über den Autor
Nicholas Thomas
Zusammenfassung
MARKET: William Dalrymple; Peter Moore.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781803284637
ISBN-10: 1803284633
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Thomas, Nicholas
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 197 x 132 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Nicholas Thomas
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.07.2022
Gewicht: 0,378 kg
Artikel-ID: 120964534
Über den Autor
Nicholas Thomas
Zusammenfassung
MARKET: William Dalrymple; Peter Moore.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781803284637
ISBN-10: 1803284633
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Thomas, Nicholas
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 197 x 132 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Nicholas Thomas
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.07.2022
Gewicht: 0,378 kg
Artikel-ID: 120964534
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