3/4: Oceania now in a diplomatic battle between the #PRC and #AUKUS: 3/4: Nicholas Thomas, author, Voyagers: The Settlement of the Pacific; @MAACambridge.
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🗓️ 11 December 2022
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3/4: Oceania now in a diplomatic battle between the #PRC and #AUKUS: 3/4: 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. |
| 0:34.9 | This is CBS, I'm the World, I'm John Batcher, |
| 0:37.3 | visiting with Professor Nicholas Thomas. |
| 0:39.6 | His new book is Voyagers, |
| 0:41.4 | The Seven of the Pacific. |
| 0:43.2 | He's a professor of historical anthropology at the University of Cambridge, |
| 0:46.5 | and that's what we're doing here, history. |
| 0:48.3 | But near history, |
| 0:49.7 | the mystery of Oceania |
| 0:53.0 | begins with Captain Cook's first, second and third voyage. |
| 0:58.4 | Present mysteries to be solved. |
| 1:01.0 | Professor, who was Captain Cook? |
| 1:03.0 | Why was he in the Society Island in 1768? |
| 1:08.4 | What was his mission? |
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