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Chasing a Dream : The Exploration of the Imaginary Pacific by John Dunmore
39.99 NZD
Category: History | Reading Level: near fine
Early Europeans may have believed the world was flat, but by the Middle Ages there was widespread acceptance that it was, in fact, a globe. What remained a mystery, however, was what lay on the "other side". The belief in a vast southern continent went back centuries, and many expeditions set out to fin ...Show more
Chronology of Pacific History by John Dunmore
19.95 NZD
Category: Maori Books | Reading Level: near fine
This is a reference book for everyone interested in the history of the vast Pacific Ocean, its islands and its people. Containing over 600 entries ranging from prehistoric times to the year 2000, it should be a useful tool for students of history and indeed for anyone interested in the area.
From Venus to Antarctica: The Life of Dumont D'Urville by John Dunmore
49.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: Very Good
Jules-Sebastien-Cesar Dumont D'Urville (1790-1842) undertook three global voyages of exploration and is the navigator who made the single greatest contribution to perfecting the map of the Pacific in the nineteenth century. Learned and energetic, he explored the Pacific from Guam to Antarctica, and from ...Show more
Monsieur Baret OUT OF PRINT by John Dunmore
29.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction
The story of a woman who, in 1766, sailed from France to South America, Strait of Magellan, Tahiti, Melanesia, New Ireland, East Indies, Mauritius, and then home, disguised as a man. She thus entered history as the first woman to complete a voyage around the world, but her story is a complex one, and a ...Show more
Scoundrels & Eccentrics of the Pacific by Dunmore John
39.99 NZD
Category: History
Scoundrels & Eccentrics of the Pacific is a new title delving into the adventurers who once made the great Pacific their playground ¿ from likeable dreamers to outright conmen, slavers and pirates, and even one self-titled Queen Emma. There¿s the extraordinary tale of James Proctor who used his wood ...Show more
Storms and Dreams: Louis De Bougainville: Soldier, Explorer, Statesman by John Dunmore
49.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs | Reading Level: very good
Louis-Antoine Comte de Bougainville (1729-1811) is best known for his circumnavigation of the globe from 1766 to 1769. Throughout a long and distinguished life, however, he participated in many of the turning points of world history: the birth of the United States, the fall of French Canada, the opening ...Show more
The French and the Maori by John Dunmore (ed.)
82.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: very good
Where Fate Beckons : The Life of Jean-Francois de la Perouse by John Dunmore
49.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
The mystery of the disappearance of Jean François de La Pérouse in 1788 during his long voyage of discovery in the Pacific was solved almost 40 years later, yet it still fascinates people and expeditions continue to search for his body and the remains of his ships. What was it about this man that has ex ...Show more
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