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Strangers in the South Seas: The Idea of the Pacific in Western Thought
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Professor Richard Lansdown (Editor)
Long before Magellan entered the Pacific in 1521 Westerners entertained ideas of undiscovered oceans, mighty continents, and paradisal islands at the far ends of the earth - such ideas would have a long life and a deep impact in both the Pacific and the West. With the discovery of Tahiti in 1767 another powerful myth was added to this collection: ...
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