Exploring The Pacific (DISCOVERY & EXPLORATION) - Hardcover

Vail, Martha

9780816052585: Exploring The Pacific (DISCOVERY & EXPLORATION)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816052581 ISBN 13: 9780816052585

Publisher: Facts on File, 2005

Presents information, images, and maps relating to the exploration of the Pacific, including chapters on the spice trade, whaling, and early Pacific navigation, as well as chapters on famous explorers.

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About the Author:

Martha Vail holds an A. B. in history from Smith College and an M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D., all in history, from Yale University. A former fellow with the University of Colorado's Center for Humanities and the Arts and with the Bass Writing Program, Vail has taught history at Yale University and Tulane University. She served as program officer for the National Faculty for four years, where she designed and implemented multi-year, content-based professional development programs for urban and rural social studies teachers in the Mississippi Delta and recruited and managed a corps of scholars to work with educators in the field. She is a member of the National Council on Public History, Organization of American Historians, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

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