Provides information about the Polynesians who migrated in canoes from Asia to the islands of the Pacific Ocean, and looks at the adventures of sixteenth and seventeenth-century explorers in the South Pacific.
Content Note
Mutiny on the Bounty -- The Polynesians -- Ferdinand Magellan -- Mendana and Quiros -- The Dutch and French explore the Pacific -- The voyages of Captain Cook -- Cracking the Antarctic ice.