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Beyond the Coral Sea : Travels in the Old Empires of the South-West Pacific, Paperback / softback Book

Beyond the Coral Sea : Travels in the Old Empires of the South-West Pacific Paperback / softback

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A romantic and adventurous journey to the hidden islands and lagoons beyond Papua New Guinea and north of Australia. East of Java, west of Tahiti and north of the Cape York peninsula of Australia lie the unknown paradise islands of the Coral, Solomon and Bismarck Seas.

They were perhaps the last inhabited place on earth to be explored by Europeans, and even today many remain largely unspoilt, despite the former presence of German, British and even Australian colonial rulers. Michael Moran, an experienced traveller, begins his journey on the island of Samarai, historic gateway to the old British Protectorate, as the guest of the benign grandson of a cannibal.

He explores the former capitals of German New Guinea and headquarters of the disastrous New Guinea Compagnie, its administrators decimated by malaria and murder.

He travels along the inaccessible Rai Coast through the Archipelago of Contented Men, following in the footsteps of the great Russian explorer ‘Baron’ Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay. The historic anthropological work of Bronislaw Malinowski guides him through the seductive labyrinth of the Trobriand ‘Islands of Love’ and the erotic dances of the yam festival.

Darkly humorous characters, both historical and contemporary, spring vividly to life as the author steers the reader through the richly fascinating cultures of Melanesia. ‘Beyond the Coral Sea’ is a captivating voyage of unusual brilliance and a memorable evocation of a region which has been little written about during the past century.

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  • Pages:432 pages, 8 b/w, 12 col plates (20pp), (3x4pp mono/2x4pp 4/4 plates sections. Integrated line drawi
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  • ISBN:9780006552352

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  • Out of stock

  • Format:Paperback / softback
  • Pages:432 pages, 8 b/w, 12 col plates (20pp), (3x4pp mono/2x4pp 4/4 plates sections. Integrated line drawi
  • Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication Date:
  • Category:
  • ISBN:9780006552352