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Sydney, Kangaro Press Pty Ltd, 1988. first edition - h/c in d.j. This is the story of hazard and adventure as explorers found their way around the Pacific. The Polynesians first explored a large part of the ocean in their dugout canoes, then came the Europeans: Magellan, Drake, Cavendish, Dampier, Tasman, and about 1760 to 1830, French and English explorers dominated the scene in their efforts to find new lands, new peoples, plants and new animals. 24.5 x 19cm., map end/p., pp. 248, b/w & col. plates t/out, append. (I-VIII), notes, index, contents & d.j. NEAR FINE.