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The Fatal Impact
Author: Alan Moorehead
Hardcover with dust jacket and plastic slip cover, very good condition.
The Fatal Impact: The Invasion of the South Pacific, 1767–1840 by Alan Moorehead is a historical account that examines the profound and often devastating consequences of European exploration and expansion in the South Pacific. Focusing particularly on the voyages of Captain James Cook and other early explorers, Moorehead traces how contact with Western civilization transformed regions such as Tahiti, Australia, and the Antarctic between the late 18th and early 19th centuries, bringing disease, cultural disruption, ecological destruction, and profound change to indigenous societies and environments that had existed in relative isolation. The book blends vivid narrative with reflective analysis to show how initial curiosity and “civilizing” intentions frequently led to disaster, corruption, and the erosion of native ways of life, making it both a chronicle of exploration and a meditation on the wider human costs of imperial expansion. (catalogue.nla.gov.au)
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