by Mercedes Maroto Camino (Author)
A study of cross-cultural engagements between the indigenous peoples of the Pacific and Spanish explorers during the early modern period. It analyses eight main voyages, their aims and outcomes, looking at the different patterns of contact and the use of gift-giving and bartering as social cement.
Format: Illustrated
Pages: 256
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 06 Feb 2009
ISBN 10: 0719077796
ISBN 13: 9780719077791