Table of Contents

1. The Pacific Ocean, Its Islands, and Their People2. The Cartographic Birth of the Pacific Ocean3. The Pacific Evolves after Magellan4. In the Wake of the Solomon Islands5. Earliest Mapping of Australia and New Zealand6. The Age of Enlightenment7. James Cook8. The Discovery of Tahiti and Hawaii9. The Eighteenth Century after Cook10. Micronesia11. Surveys, Whalers, and Missionaries

About the Author

Thomas Suarez is a well-known authority on early maps whose previous books include Early Mapping of Southeast Asia (Periplus,2000), which has become a standard work in the field. He has served as curator and advisor for collections and exhibitions dealing with the history of cartography, and has been an important source for early maps for the past twenty-five years.