HIST 109 - The Pacific World,1500-1800

Institution:

University of San Diego

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Description:

This course focuses on the discovery and exploration of the Pacific World - including Australia and New Zealand, the Philippines, Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Hawaii, Alaska, and the Americas - from 1500 to 1820. It looks at the ways in which disease, migration, trade, and war drew together vast, diverse collections of human beings from around the globe: Russian fur traders, Spanish missionaries, Japanese fishermen, French and Spanish explorers, British naval officers, German naturalists, Tahitian translators, Aleutian hunters, Polynesian navigators, and Yankee merchants. Students will have the opportunity to explore the incorporation of this unique transnational and multicultural region into a world economy.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.sandiego.edu

Phone Number:

(619) 260-4600

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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