An edition of The fatal impact (1966)
Fatal Impact
An Account of the Invasion of the South Pacific 1767-1840
By Alan Moorehead
Publish Date
April 1989
Publisher
Mutual Publishing,Mutual Pub Co,Brand: Mutual Pub Co
Language
eng
Pages
230
Description:
Story of social and economic corruption that followed the visits of Captain Cook and other explorers who voyaged to Tahiti, Australia and the Antarctic.
subjects: Discovery and exploration, History, Civilization, Occidental influences, Discovery andexploration, Territorial expansion, Journeys, Tahiti -- Discovery and exploration., Colonialism, Colonisation, Settlement and contacts, Explorers, Technology, Fire, Fire making, Environment, Land management, Race relations, Violent, Massacres, murders, poisonings, To 1900, Transport, Water, Canoes, Weapons, Discoveries in geography, Cook, james, 1728-1779, Tahiti, Australia, discovery and exploration, Australia, colonization, Antarctica, discovery and exploration, Oceania, history, European influences
People: James Cook (1728-1779)
Places: Australia, Antarctica, Tahiti, Islands of the Pacific, Oceania, Europe, Pacific Ocean
Times: 1788-1851