The Trading Voyages Of Andrew Cheyne: 1841-1844
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
In the golden age of Pacific trade, few figures cut as bold a path through the islands of the South Seas as Andrew Cheyne, a Scottish merchant mariner whose logbooks and journals from 1841 to 1844 paint an extraordinarily vivid portrait of commerce, exploration, and encounter in one of the world's most remote and captivating regions. The Trading Voyages of Andrew Cheyne: 1841–1844 presents a meticulously edited collection of primary source documents that chronicles Cheyne's ambitious mercantile expeditions across Micronesia and Melanesia, detailing his trade negotiations with island communities, his observations of indigenous cultures, and the brutal realities of the 19th-century Pacific economy. Edited by the distinguished Pacific historian Dorothy Shineberg, this volume — the third in the prestigious Pacific History Series published by the Australian National University — brings rigorous scholarly apparatus to bear on materials of enduring historical significance. Shineberg, whose landmark work on the sandalwood trade established her as a pre-eminent authority on Pacific commercial history, contextualises Cheyne's journals within the broader currents of colonial expansion, cross-cultural exchange, and the rapid transformation of island societies under the weight of European contact. For students of maritime history, Pacific studies, and 19th-century exploration alike, this is an indispensable primary source that raises as many questions as it answers about who truly benefited from the age of Pacific trade.
Author: Dorothy Shineberg
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australasion & Pacific history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Wear and tear with damage
Pages: Good
In the golden age of Pacific trade, few figures cut as bold a path through the islands of the South Seas as Andrew Cheyne, a Scottish merchant mariner whose logbooks and journals from 1841 to 1844 paint an extraordinarily vivid portrait of commerce, exploration, and encounter in one of the world's most remote and captivating regions. The Trading Voyages of Andrew Cheyne: 1841–1844 presents a meticulously edited collection of primary source documents that chronicles Cheyne's ambitious mercantile expeditions across Micronesia and Melanesia, detailing his trade negotiations with island communities, his observations of indigenous cultures, and the brutal realities of the 19th-century Pacific economy. Edited by the distinguished Pacific historian Dorothy Shineberg, this volume — the third in the prestigious Pacific History Series published by the Australian National University — brings rigorous scholarly apparatus to bear on materials of enduring historical significance. Shineberg, whose landmark work on the sandalwood trade established her as a pre-eminent authority on Pacific commercial history, contextualises Cheyne's journals within the broader currents of colonial expansion, cross-cultural exchange, and the rapid transformation of island societies under the weight of European contact. For students of maritime history, Pacific studies, and 19th-century exploration alike, this is an indispensable primary source that raises as many questions as it answers about who truly benefited from the age of Pacific trade.