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Oceania by Peter Brunt, Noelle Kahanu, Emmanuel Kasarhérou, Sean Mallon, Michael Mel, Anne Salmond, & Nicholas Thomas
139.00 NZD
Category: Coffee Table Books
250 years after Cook's voyage to the South Pacific, the dazzling and diverse art of Oceania, from the historic to the contemporary. From the remote shores of Rapa Nui to the dense rainforest of Papua New Guinea, the islands of the Pacific are home to some of the most culturally diverse populations on th ...Show more
Tears of Rangi: Experiments Across Worlds by Anne Salmond
49.99 NZD
Category: NZ History
Six centuries ago Polynesian explorers arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand, where they rapidly adapted to new plants, animals, landscapes, and climatic conditions. Four centuries later, European explorers arrived with maps and clocks, grids and fences, and they too adapted to a new island home. In this remo ...Show more
The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas by Anne Salmond
29.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Replaced by Other edition. Shortlisted for the 2004 Montana NZ Book Awards, History section The Trial of the Cannibal Dog is a spectacular recreation of three of the greatest and most startling of all human journeys. The Pacific voyages of James Cook explored the ice-bound fringes of the Arctic and Anta ...Show more
The Trial of the Cannibal Dog - Captain Cook in the South Seas by Anne Salmond
50.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: good-very good
This text provides an account of Cook's South Sea voyages, in which Cook plunged south to discover Antarctica and then veered north to discover Hawaii. In Anne Salmond's narrative, Cook's ships, far from remaining little wooden islands of Englishness in a Polynesian sea, become ever more tangled in the ...Show more
The Trial of the Cannibal Dog : Captain Cook in the South Seas by Anne Salmond
59.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Series: Allen Lane History S. | Reading Level: good-very good
The Trial of the Cannibal Dog is a spectacular recreation of three of the greatest and most startling of all human journeys. The Pacific voyages of James Cook explored the ice-bound fringes of the Arctic and Antarctic, sailed across perilous tropical seas, survived hurricanes and volcanic eruptions, dis ...Show more
Two Worlds by Anne Salmond
59.99 NZD
Category: Maori Books
'Professor Salmond has written a remarkable book. Remarkable for its meticulous research, for its ability to grip the reader's attention; but most of all, remarkable that no-one has done anything quite like it before in the exploration of New Zealand history.' -Naylor Hillary, The Press Two Worldsis Ann ...Show more
Two Worlds - First Meetings between Maori and Europeans 1642-1772 by Anne Salmond
59.95 NZD
Category: NZ Non Fiction | Reading Level: very good
Two Worlds is Anne Salmond's ward-winning account of the first points of contact between Maori and European explorers. It is a provocative, penetrating re-examination of those dramatic first meetings, casting them in a completely new light. Two Worlds is a work of trail-blazing significance. Two Worlds ...Show more