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| | Hawaii and the Pacific Islands |
 | | The following accounts provide sketches of some recent invaders and potential invaders of some areas of the Pacific Islands and the potentially catastrophic consequences they may have. | | | However, five sea turtle species come ashore in the Hawaiian Islands to deposit eggs; none are local endemics but are widespread in the Pacific (see chapter on Marine Resources). | | | Finally, the Hawaiian Islands have been studied more intensively and received more conservation management attention than most other Pacific islands (except New Zealand), primarily because Hawaii is a U.S. state and because the Hawaiian Islands have a set of unique animals and plants that are renowned for their evolution in geographic isolation. |
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http://biology.usgs.gov/s%2Bt/SNT/noframe/pi179.htm
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| | 05.08.00 - Major new work on the Pacific Islands by UC Berkeley archaeologist buries the enduring myth of humans in paradise |
| | Berkeley -- A new history of the Pacific islands before their discovery by European voyagers buries forever the myth that Tahitians and other peoples of Oceania were children of nature living in the Garden of Eden. | | | Kirch's recent research on islands from New Guinea to Hawaii establishes that settlement of the Pacific was one of the fastest human expansions of all time. | | | In the first major synthesis of Pacific prehistory in 20 years, an anthropologist at the University of California, Berkeley, shows that, before Magellan ever set sail in the Pacific, human settlement and, in some cases, overpopulation on many Pacific islands disrupted the ecological chain, sending some island societies into collapse. |
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http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2000/05/08_pacific.html
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| | Journeys through Pacific history |
| | The main body of literature on the Pacific in the nineteenth century was in fact that created by and relating to the missions, who followed close on the "discovery" of the islands by the British and French expeditions of the late eighteenth century. | | | The particular strength is material relating to the central Pacific islands where he had spent most of his administrative career, in which the collection is unrivalled, but there are publications on probably every inhabited island of the Pacific from Hawaii to New Guinea, and on all aspects of traditional culture, culture contact and post-colonial society. | | | The Pacific Collection of the Barr Smith Library at the University of Adelaide is a collection of national significance for research on the islands of Melanesia, Polynesia and, in particular, Micronesia. |
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http://www.library.adelaide.edu.au/ual/publ/Journeys_Pacific.html
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| | G. McCall -- Rapanui (Easter Island) |
| | After the escape of some Chilean political prisoners in the 1930s, Islanders movement off the island was severely controlled. | | | It was at this time that the islanders were forceably herded into Hangaroa, when they remained as prisoners on their own island until 1966. | | | Eventually, the Toro brothers sold their interests to one Enrique Merlet, who took a strong lead which eventually led to the killing of the last king of the island by poison, and the murder deportation of any opposition. |
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http://www2.hawaii.edu/~ogden/piir/pacific/Rapanui.html
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| | WHKMLA : History of the Solomon Islands, ToC |
| | Solomon Island Art, from Art Pacific, images and links | | | History of the Solomon Islands, from Lonely Planet; from iExplore; from infoplease; from World Rover, from World Travel Guide | | | Short History of the Solomon Islands, from Abacci Atlas |
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http://www.zum.de/whkmla/region/pacific/xsolomon.html
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| | Omniseek: /Open Directory /Regional /Pacific Islands /Pitcairn Islands /History |
| | The Mutiny on the Bounty, Pitcairn, and Norfolk Islands as seen by a Bounty descendant from Norfolk, George Snell. | | | In 1789, the crew of the HMAV Bounty mutinied against Lt. William Bligh, and led by Fletcher Christian, several mutineers settled Pitcairn Island with their Tahitian consorts. | | | Pitcairn Island and Fletcher Christian's Descendants, by Borgna Brunner. |
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http://www.omniseek.com/srch/{43847}
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| | Omniseek: /Open Directory /Regional /Pacific Islands /Volcano Islands /History |
| | If you are interested in Hawai`ian history I recommend Shoal of Time by Gavin Daws, a history of the Hawai`ian Islands A very readable yet accurate history from the Western discovery of the islands in 1778 through statehood for Hawai`i in 1959. | | | The amphibious assault on Iwo Jima was considered to be the "ultimate storm landing," with a striking force of 74,000 Marines. | | | World War II - Iwo Jima - The amphibious assault on Iwo Jima was considered to be the "ultimate storm landing," with a striking force of 74,000 Marines. |
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http://www.omniseek.com/srch/{43903}
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| | Pacific Islands, history of -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | The campus is by the Pacific Ocean, with a clear view of the Channel Islands, and the university is highly regarded in the field of marine biology. | | | This region encompasses the coast of the Pacific Ocean and ranges from tropical islands to the freezing temperatures. | | | The prehistory of the Pacific Islands, the period before written materials begin, extends back at least 33,000 years, a date provided in 1985 by sites in the Bismarck Archipelago. |
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http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9117351
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| | The Pacific Voyages of Rollo Beck: Reading List |
| | Campbell, I. A History of the Pacific Islands. | | | Tides of History: The Pacific Islands in the Twentieth Century. | | | Asians and Pacific Islanders: The Culture, Geographical Setting, and Historical Background of 41 Asian and Pacific Island Peoples. |
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http://www.calacademy.org/research/anthropology/rollobeck/readinglist.html
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| | clipperton_island.html |
| | See also: Islands controlled by France in the Indian and Pacific oceans | | | The American Guano Mining Company, under the Guano Islands Act of 1856, claimed the island for the United States of America, with earlier claim disputes to island guano by the Oceanic Phosphate Company with Mexico 1848-49. | | | Clipperton Island (locally known as Île Clipperton and sometimes Île de la Passion) is an uninhabited seven-square-kilometer coral atoll in the North Pacific Ocean, 1,120 km southwest of Mexico, at 10°17' N, 109°13' W. It lies about 965 km from Tejupan Point on Mancanilla Bay, Mexico, the nearest mainland. |
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http://www.askmytutor.co.uk/c/cl/clipperton_island.html
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| | History of THE PACIFIC ISLANDS |
| | Probably at first more by accident than design, the islands of the south Pacific are reached by people sailing or drifting from southeast Asia. | | | Hawaii is reached in about AD 400; Easter Island perhaps a century later; Tahiti and the Society Islands in about 600. | | | The islanders have no metal, so the work is done with stone chisels - several of which have been found at the site. |
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http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ac05
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| | On the Road of the Winds (Patrick Vinton Kirch) |
| | On the Road of the Winds is a history of the Pacific islands that combines a "big picture" overview (invoking Braudel and the longue durée) with a feel for the "dirt" of actual excavations. | | | One of the central events of Pacific history (and one of the great human migrations) is the spread of Austronesian speaking peoples from Taiwan. | | | Pacific archaeology has an intriguing history of its own, from voyages of exploration and missionaries to modern academic research and cultural resource management. |
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http://dannyreviews.com/h/Road_Winds.html
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| | History of the Pacific Islands; Author: Scarr, Deryck; Hardback; Book |
| | History of the Pacific Islands; Author: Scarr, Deryck; Hardback; Book | | | A consideration of the past and present Pacific Islands, wide-ranging in time and space. | | | Indigenous social, economic and political systems are examined and then the post-16th-century European discovery of the Pacific. |
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http://www.netstoreusa.com/hjbooks/070/0700712933.shtml
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| | history pacific islands: termpapersdownloader.com- quality term papers downloader, easy essays downloader, fast book reports downloader |
| | Feel free to visit us again with any inquiries regarding your term paper on "history pacific islands" or any other topic. | | | Looking for a term paper on "history pacific islands?" termpapersdownloader.com can help you find a free term paper abstract on "history pacific islands." termpapersdownloader.com can provide you with 3101 free abstracts from term paper written by the best students on your subject. | | | Less obvious was Americas interest in islands in the Pacific such as the Samoas and the Philippines, although we. |
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http://www.termpapersdownloader.com/cat/paper/101/history-pacific-islands.html
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| | Encyclopedia: History of the Pacific Islands |
| | People who viewed "History of the Pacific Islands" also viewed: | | | Other descriptions of History of the Pacific Islands | | | Click for other authoritative sources for this topic (summarised at Factbites.com). |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/History-of-the-Pacific-Islands
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| | Literature of the Pacific Islands |
| | Pacific Islands Videos in the Central and Macmillan Brown Libraries | | | Journeys Through Pacific History: A Guide to Pacific Islands Library and the Papers of H.E. and H.C. Maude | | | Pacific Internet Resources @ National Library of Australia |
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http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/emd23/Pacific/LPI.html
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| | Pacific Studies WWW VL |
| | 1994 by the RSPAS, ANU for the world-wide exchange of scholarly and factual information dealing with the Pacific. | | | This research tool is provided by the Internet Publications Bureau, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, and is regularly updated. | | | Archived announcements (1998-2004) of new publications of the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, ANU |
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http://coombs.anu.edu.au/WWWVL-PacificStudies.html
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| | Pacific Manuscripts Bureau |
| | Pambu microfilms comprise the most extensive collection of non-government primary documentation on the Pacific Islands available to researchers. | | | The Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, known as Pambu, copies archives, manuscripts and rare printed material relating to the Pacific Islands. | | | The aim of the Bureau is to help with long- term preservation of the documentary heritage of the Pacific Islands and to make it accessible. |
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| | About the Pacific Studies Initiative Project |
| | This site seeks to make available online instructional materials for teaching about the Pacific Islands, primarily in higher education. | | | University of Hawai`i Center for Pacific Islands Studies and the East-West Center. | | | This site is sponsored by the Pacific Studies Initiative, a joint project of the |
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| | NodeWorks - Encyclopedia: Wallis & Futuna |
| | The Collectivity of Wallis and Futuna (French: Collectivité de Wallis et Futuna) is a group of mainly three volcanic tropical islands (Wallis, Futuna, and Alofi) with fringing reefs located in the South Pacific Ocean between Fiji and Samoa. | | | The islands were put under the authority of the French colony of New Caledonia. | | | The territory includes the island of Wallis (the most populated), the island of Futuna, the uninhabited island of Alofi (the population of Alofi was reportedly eaten by the cannibal people of Futuna in one single raid in the 19th century), and 20 uninhabited islets, totaling 274 km² with 129 km of coastline. |
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http://pedia.nodeworks.com/W/WA/WAL/Wallis_and_Futuna
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| | Tubuai - TheBestLinks.com - France, French Polynesia, Island, Pacific Ocean, ... |
| | See also: Islands controlled by France in the Indian and Pacific oceans | | | Tubuai is an island of the Pacific Ocean, part of French Polynesia. | | | Tubuai, France, French Polynesia, Island, Pacific Ocean, 1881, Cannibal, Tahiti... |
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http://www.thebestlinks.com/Tubuai.html
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| | World History Archives: The history of Oceania |
| | Documents for the history of the Hawaiian Islands | | | Documents for the history of the Federated States of Micronesia | | | Hartford Web Publishing is not the author of the documents in World History Archives and does not presume to validate their accuracy or authenticity nor to release their copyright. |
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| | Worlds Apart: a History of the Pacific Islands |
| | The Pacific Islands remain for most people a region of obscurity or puzzlement. | | | Ian Campbell is Associate Professor of History at the University of Canterbury, and draws on a lifetime of personal knowledge, academic research and teaching in, as well as about, the Pacific Islands. | | | For many years Ian Campbells History of the Pacific Islands has served this purpose, and now after a tumultuous decade in the Pacific, it has been completely revised, largely rewritten and expanded to bring the story of the Pacific Islands up to the present. |
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http://www.unireps.com.au/detailprint.htm?isbn=090881299X
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