Voyages, Encounters, and Agency in Oceania: Captain Cook and Indigenous People

History Compass

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 712-737

  Douglas, Bronwen ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85055361520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14780542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-0542.2008.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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