Lost Paradise The Exploration of the Pacific. by Cameron, Ian

Salem House. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0881622753 . Ex-Library; 0.9 x 10.3 x 7.7 Inches; 248 pages .

London: Century (1987). First edition in fine condition with dust wrapper.

Salem House Publishers, Massachusetts, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: photographic & maps & art works. dustjacket is rubbed across the top edge with a small split of the rear fold over crease. Internally clean, free of annotation and with no damage to describe. Illustrated with colour reproductions of artworks, black-and-white reproductions of artworks, and colour and also black-and-white photography. The book covers from Alaska to sue Tasmania and both sides of the Pacific. It describes the physical creation of the Pacific and then brings vividly to life the epic voyages of the Spanish, Dutch, British, French, Russian, and American explorers as they battled against the vast distances of the Pacific and the appalling weather conditions of the ocean's polar approaches. Much has also given on the culture of the natives of the islands and how they originally arrived there. The book includes appendices & a bibliography Size: 4to… Read More

Topsfield.: Salem House., 1987.. First American edition.. Hard cover. . Fine copy in fine dust jacket (in mylar). . Octavo.. Illustrated in black, white and color. Important reference work. Very scarce in this condition.

Topsfield, MA, USA: Salem House. 1987. Quarto Size. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with colour plates as well as Balck and white photographs, reproductions and maps. 248 pages. Chronicles the triumph of the voyages of exploration of the Pacific and the tragedy of their aftermath. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st US Edition. Hardback.

1987. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 248 pages with referential appendices, biblio & index, in a larger format illus with plates [coloured & b&w]. Tight, bright & clean but for sm light stain on top closed edge, gilt spine-titles on unrubbed vg chocolate cloth, and in a good dw with just one sm closed tear & sl curling top edge only. The stories of voyages by Polynesians, Spaniards, Dutch, British & French, cascading into Pacific waters for 2 millenia, are collated in this attractive volume

Topsfield.: Salem House.. Maps, black and white and colour illustrations, 248pp, appendix, bibliography, index, 26.7 x 19.7cm. A very good hardback copy in dustjacket. .

London.: Century Hutchinson.. 1987.. Maps, colour & black and white photographic illustrations, 248pp, appendices, bibliography, index, a good copy in little worn dustjacket with small closed tear upper cover, quarto. Describes the physical creation of the Pacific, and suggests how the ocean's multitude of islands may have been first populated by those true discoverers of the ocean, the Polynesians. It brings vividly to life the epic voyages of the Spanish, Dutch, British, French, Russian and American explorers as they battled against the vast distances of the Pacific and the appalling weather conditions of the ocean's polar approaches. It recounts the excesses of the exploiters - the freebooters, sealers, whalers, missionaries and traders - who followed in the explorers' wake. .

Topsfield: Salem House Publishers, 1987 F-/VG. 4to. original brown boards gilt (a trifle rubbed) in dustwrapper priced $24.95 [slightly rubbed & nicked, fraying to top edge rear panel]; pp. 248, with numerous illustrations. Heavy item (1.5 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good copy.. First US. Hard Cover. F-/VG.

UK,Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/NFINE.Owner inscrptn to fep inked out,dw/dj price-clipped.Minimal creasing dw/dj edges. Qrto HB+dw/dj,1st edn,248pp includes b/w+colour illus,maps,appendix,a biblio and an index. The European seamen who explored the Pacific made some of the longest and most hazardous voyages in history.They had to endure squalor,brutality,hunger,thirst and an appalling death rate. However,when they reached the islands of the central Pacific they were made welcome by a people who,in innocence,offered them food,drink,shelter and sex,and asked for nothing in return.'What a country!' wrote the French explorer de Bougainville, 'What a people! I thought I had been transported to Paradise.' Yet within a century of de Bougainville's landing,the people of the Pacific islands had been decimated by deprivation,disease and the total collapse of their culture - left with nothing to look forward to… Read More