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The mastery of the Pacific / by Archibald R. Colquhoun.

by Colquhoun, Archibald R. (Archibald Ross), 1848-1914.

London : W. Heinemann, 1902.

Pacific Area -- Politics and government.

United States -- Colonial question.

xvi, 415 pages, [39] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations, color maps ; 25 cm

Introduction.--The United States in the Pacific.--The Dutch in the Pacific.--Japan in the Pacific.--Other powers in the Pacific.--Conclusion.

General impressions of scenery, social and political life in countries bordering Pacific; p.154-155; Generalized description of Aborigines - notes temporary quality of shelters, lack of pottery and metals, physical characteristics - skin colour, hair, facial features, physique, notes on low status of women, respect for property, horror of consanguineous marriage, cannibalism, food quest the principal occupation, decline in population.

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