Return of Curiosity von Thomas, Nicholas

Tthe extraordinary sixty-thousand-year history of how the Pacific islands were settled. von Thomas, Nicholas

Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific von Thomas, Nicholas

Drawing on his work on contemporary postcolonial Pacific societies, Nicholas Thomas takes up three issues central to anthropology: the cultural and political dynamics of colonial encounters, the nature of Western and non-Western...

Cook's great voyages marked the end of an era in world history. As he sailed into Hawaii in January 1778 he made contact with the last of the human civilizations to grow up independently of the rest of the world. But equally for the...