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• Title:The mastery of the Pacific / by Archibald R. Colquhoun ; with special maps, and 122 illustrations from original sketches and photographs.
  
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• Author/Creator:Colquhoun, Archibald R. (Archibald Ross), 1848-1914.
  
• Published/Created:London : W. Heinemann, 1902.
  

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  • Location:RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: DU22 .C72 1902b
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Colonization.
  Eastern question (Far East)
  Pacific Ocean.
  United States--Colonial question.
  Great Britain--Colonies.
  Netherlands--Colonies.
  
• Description:xvi, 415 pages, 39 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm.
  
• Summary:General impressions of scenery, social and political life in countries bordering Pacific; p.154-155; Generalized description of Aborigines - notes temporary quality of shelters, lack of pottery and metals, physical characteristics - skin colour, hair, facial features, physique, notes on low status of women, respect for property, horror of consanguineous marriage, cannibalism, food quest the principal occupation, decline in population.
  
• Additional formats:Also available online.
  
• Contents:Introduction.
  The United States in the Pacific.
  The Dutch in the Pacific.
  Japan in the Pacific.
  Other powers in the Pacific.
  Conclusion.