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The Fatal Impact
by Alan Moorehead
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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FLAGSTAFF HILL, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
An account of the invasion of the South Pacific 1767-1840. During those years so-called westeren civilization came up against primeval innocence in Tahiti, Australia and the Antarctic, In each case good intentions were to lead to disaster, corruption and annililation. Ironically it was Captain James Cook, one of the greatest and certainly the most humane explorer of his day, whose discoveries was to cause this fatal impact. 230 pages with 41 illustrations and 5 maps. Book and dust jacket in very good condition with some tanning and some wear to jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Lems Bookshop
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3794
- Title
- The Fatal Impact
- Author
- Alan Moorehead
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- History, Reference, Explorers,
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Explorers; Reference;
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