A scientist credited with discovering more species than Darwin recounts the first major trips of his career, several expeditions to often remote Pacific islands where he found amazing animals, harsh weather, strange local taboos, and dense jungle.
Describes the origins, history, and culture of the native people inhabiting the South Pacific islands and examines the impact of Western influences and the problems facing them today. Includes a glossary of terms.
Six kids shipwrecked on an obscure Pacific island urgently need a plan to get home when they realize they are sharing their living space with a deadly group of smugglers--and the situation grows even more dire when the smugglers stumble across an atomic bomb left there in 1945.
Photographs and brief text introduce the geography, history, government, people, and economy of Tahiti, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and other French islands of the Pacific.
Tom Tin and his friend Midgely--with assorted juvenile criminals--escape the ship taking them to serve their terms in Australia and head for a Pacific island, forgetting Tom's father's warnings about headhunters and cannibals.
Jane, Buzz, Carter, and Vanessa, aged nine to thirteen, are on a sailing trip in the South Pacific intended to help them bond in their newly-blended family when a massive storm strands them on a deserted island.
Four children, having survived a shipwreck and a week with no food, arrive on a deserted island in the Pacific Ocean, missing two of their friends, and find themselves in danger of being found by some very dangerous people.
An illustrated biography of British sea captain James Cook, who explored the South Pacific during the eighteenth century and was the first European to explore Austalia.
