When Captain Cook entered the Pacific in 1769, it was a virgin ocean, pristine and savage, and its inhabitants lived a life of primeval innocence. Seventy years later, firearms, disease and alcohol had hammered away at this way of life until it crumbled before them, and where satan had sown. the protestant missionaries reaped. In this work, Alan Moorehead tells the tragic story of a great adventure which turned sour, in which good intentions led to disaster, corruption and annihilation. And ironically it was Cook, the ...
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When Captain Cook entered the Pacific in 1769, it was a virgin ocean, pristine and savage, and its inhabitants lived a life of primeval innocence. Seventy years later, firearms, disease and alcohol had hammered away at this way of life until it crumbled before them, and where satan had sown. the protestant missionaries reaped. In this work, Alan Moorehead tells the tragic story of a great adventure which turned sour, in which good intentions led to disaster, corruption and annihilation. And ironically it was Cook, the greatest and most humane explorer of his day, who was to cause the fatal impact.
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Add this copy of The Fatal Impact to cart. $5.49, very good condition, Sold by Yare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Great Yarmouth, NORFOLK, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1967 by The Reprint Society.
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Add this copy of The Fatal Impact to cart. $13.42, good condition, Sold by Harry Righton rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Worcs, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1968 by Penguin.
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Very Good. 1968. Paperback. Good clean copy showing light age and shelfwear, with light nicks and tears to dust jacket. Foxing to page edges.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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