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2/4: Oceania now in a diplomatic battle between the #PRC and #AUKUS: 2/4: Nicholas Thomas, author, Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific; @MAACambridge.

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🗓️ 11 December 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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2/4: Oceania now in a diplomatic battle between the #PRC and #AUKUS: 2/4: Nicholas Thomas, author, Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific; @MAACambridge.

https://www.amazon.com/Voyagers-Settlement-Pacific-Nicholas-Thomas/dp/1541619838


The islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia stretch across a huge expanse of ocean and encompass a multitude of different peoples. Starting with Captain James Cook, the earliest European explorers to visit the Pacific were astounded and perplexed to find populations thriving thousands of miles from continents. Who were these people? From where did they come? And how were they able to reach islands dispersed over such vast tracts of ocean?



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0:00.0

The Maldives, where you can relax on white sand beaches,

0:04.7

under gently swaying coconut trees,

0:08.0

and dive into crystal clear waters to swim with the local wildlife.

0:12.8

Or...

0:14.0

You can dive into the beach parties,

0:16.5

bonfires and cocktails of the local nightlife.

0:20.8

Virgin Atlantic will be flying to the Maldives from October 2023,

0:25.2

but how you see it is up to you.

0:27.4

Book now with Virgin Atlantic holidays.

0:35.3

This is CBSI in the world.

0:36.9

I'm John Batchwood, Professor Nicholas Thomas,

0:39.3

Professor of Historical Anthropology at Cambridge University.

0:42.9

Also, the director of Archaeology and Anthropology Museum at Cambridge

0:47.2

is New Book as Voyagers.

0:49.0

And we plunge into the 19th century and are amazed

0:53.8

that a chief-tun significant that he's a leadership position

0:58.4

in the Cook Islands, this is Polynesia,

1:02.6

is able to direct a European sailing master

1:07.0

without use of European tools.

1:09.6

Now we go back to the beginning, beginning,

1:11.6

at least until the retreat of the last ice.

1:14.6

This is about 11,000 years ago.

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