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The fatal impact : an account of the invasion of the South Pacific, 1767-1840 / by Alan Moorehead.

Record no.:

3967

Author:

Moorehead, Alan, 1910-1983.;

Publisher:

London :: Hamish Hamilton,

Year:

1966.

Description:

xiv, 230 pages, 17 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm

Subject:

Cook, James, 1728-1779.;
Technology.;
Discoveries in geography.;
Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) - Discovery and exploration.;
Australia - Discovery and exploration.;
Antarctica.;
Australia.;

Notes:

Gift ; Nagle Library MacLeod Collection copy donated by Emeritus Professor Roy MacLeod.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-222) and index.

Type:

Monograph

Abstract:

Pt. 2, p.99-168; Exploration of the east coast of New Holland by Capt. Cook; Results of impact on Aborigines; Accounts by Cook and Banks, description of Aborigines included physical appearance, weapons, canoes, making of fire, food and its preparation,

use of narcotics, outline of life cycle; Differences between Tasmanian and mainland natives; Effect of white settlement.

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