Pacific Encounters - Art and Divinity in Polynesia 1760-1860
Author(s): Stephen Hooper
In the 1700s and 1800s, Europeans first made contact with people across the Pacific. This book presents more than 250 of the objects they collected-now housed in the British Museum and rarely seen. The items are from a wide range of Pacific Islands including New Zealand. Illustrations include maps, excerpts from missionary publications and engravings from Captain Cooks voyages. First published April 2006.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Te Papa Press
- : Te Papa Press
- : 0.001
- : May 2006
- : 276x219mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : Stephen Hooper
- : Paperback
- : 709.9609033
- : very good
- : 272
- : Colour plates