Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands
Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Pacific Islands

Author: Max Quanchi

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2005-10-18

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 0810865289

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The South Seas, as this region used to be called, conjured up images of adventure, belles and savages, romance and fabulous fortunes, but the long voyages of discovery and exploration of the vast Pacific Ocean were really an exercise in amazing logistics, navigation, hard grit, shipwreck and pure luck. The motivations were scientific and geographic, but at the same time nationalistic and materialistic. A series on global exploration and discovery would not be complete without this book by Quanchi and Robson. It is ambitious and informative and includes the familiar names of Laperouse, Bougainville, Cook and Dampier, as well as the intriguing stories of the Bounty Mutiny, scurvy, and the mysterious Northwest Passage, Terra Australis Ignotia and Davis Land. There are entries on first contacts, ships, 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. There are more than just dry facts in this book. It has a whiff of salt air, the clash of empires, cross-cultural beach encounters and personal adventure.

History of Micronesia
History of Micronesia

Author: Rodrigue Lévesque

Publisher: Gatineau, Quebec : Éditions Lévesque = Lévesque Publications

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 706

ISBN-13:

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Volume 16 contains all known documents about the first scientific expedition to the Pacific. The Malaspina Expedition visited Guam in 1792 and was led by Commander Alexandro Malaspina. His work and that of his twelve officers appear in this volume. Administrative records are also included. Notable among these are documents concerning a visit to Guam by Carolinian canoes from Lamotrek and a vocabulary of the Carolinian language.

Archaeologies of Early Modern Spanish Colonialism
Archaeologies of Early Modern Spanish Colonialism

Author: Sandra Montón-Subías

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-02-22

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 3319218859

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​​Archaeologies of Early Modern Spanish Colonialism illustrates how archaeology contributes to the knowledge of early modern Spanish colonialism and the "first globalization" of the 16th and 17th centuries. Through a range of specific case studies, this book offers a global comparative perspective on colonial processes and colonial situations, and the ways in which they were experienced by the different peoples. But we also focus on marginal “unsuccessful” colonial episodes. Thus, some of the papers deal with very brief colonial events, even “marginal” in some cases, considered “failures” by the Spanish crown or even undertook without their consent. These short events are usually overlooked by traditional historiography, which is why archaeological research is particularly important in these cases, since archaeological remains may be the only type of evidence that stands as proof of these colonial events. At the same time, it critically examines the construction of categories and discourses of colonialism, and questions the ideological underpinnings of the source material required to address such a vast issue. Accordingly, the book strikes a balance between theoretical, methodological and empirical issues, integrated to a lesser or greater extent in most of the chapters.​