Terra Australis to Oceania.

This paper is a synoptic history of racial geography in the 'fifth part of the world' or Oceania — an extended region embracing what are now Australia, Island Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands, Aotearoa/New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. The period in question stretches from classical antiquity to...

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Published in:Journal of Pacific History Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 179 - 211
Main Author: Douglas, Bronwen
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Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2010
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