What voyage defined the pacific region?

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What voyage defined the pacific region? Why is New Zealand considered as geologically highly unstable? Who brought mammals to New Zealand?

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History of Europeans expansion in pacific      Spanish controlled seas of region 1500s to 1700s but never       mapped it       Cook’s voyages (1770s) defined pacific region. He mapped from       Australia to sandwich islands and on to pacific NW      Cooks second-in-command, Vancouver brings squadron home       after cooks death, later explores pacific NW gave British some        claim to Alaska & Cali coast      European commanders had very real probs maintaining discipline       on long voyages from home into regions where indigenous pop       had very diff attitudes to sexuality & private property      Region again”fought over” in later 1800s for telegraph routes       * Demographics      pop of region minimal      tfrs 2 large

What voyage defined the pacific region?

What voyage defined the pacific region? Description

School: Texas A&M University

Department: Geography

Course: Geography of the Global Village

Professor: Peter hugil

Term: Fall 2014

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Cost: 25

Name: GEOG 203 12/03

Description: LECTURE NOTES- PETER HUGIL

Uploaded: 07/22/2016

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GEOG 203 12/01

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GEOG 203 12/05

21 pages

East Asia

2 pages

Chapter 13 GEOG 203

2 pages

GEOG 203 11/26

2 pages

GEOG 203 12/01

2 pages

GEOG 203 12/05

21 pages

East Asia

2 pages

Chapter 13 GEOG 203

2 pages

GEOG 203 11/26

2 pages

GEOG 203 12/01

2 pages

GEOG 203 12/05

What voyage defined the pacific region?
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