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Pacific Encounters Art And Divinity In Polynesia 1760 1860Stock informationGeneral Fields
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Local DescriptionEpsom Trust plate inside cover DescriptionIn the 1700s and 1800s, Europeans first made contact with people across the Pacific. This book presents more than 250 of the objects they collected-now housed in the British Museum and rarely seen. The items are from a wide range of Pacific Islands including New Zealand. Illustrations include maps, excerpts from missionary publications and engravings from Captain Cooks voyages. First published April 2006. |