ANCIENT VOYAGERS IN POLYNESIA,
by Andrew Sharp
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode, and pocket etc. GOOD book
- Seller
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Angus and Robertson, publishers, Sydney - first edition 1963 hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode, and pocket etc. GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket Map endpapers ('The Pacific Area'), frontis map ('The Pacific Islands'), five b&w illustrations, sources, and index. After the critical success of his first book ('Ancient Voyagers in the Pacific'), the author here offers some advances on his previous views (to a considerable degree, it is a new book). More emphasis is placed on the Polynesians, and their early voyaging elsewhere.
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Details
- Seller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 34865
- Title
- ANCIENT VOYAGERS IN POLYNESIA,
- Author
- Andrew Sharp
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode, and pocket etc. GOOD book
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Angus and Robertson, publishers, Sydney - first edition
- Date Published
- 1963
- Pages
- 160 pages
- Keywords
- Ellice Tokelau Cook Tahiti Mangareva Marquesas Easter Islands Nautical Voyages Maritime Journeys Polynesia Tonga Samoa
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About the Seller
Pegasus Book Orphanage
Biblio member since 2016
McCrae, Victoria
About Pegasus Book Orphanage
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