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Thomas (director, Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, Cambridge Univ.; Discoveries: The Voyages of Captain Cook) focuses on the late 18th century to the beginning of the 20th, when Europeans were not simply visiting the Pacific Islands but, in fact, drawing them into their empires. But Thomas wants to emphasize Islanders' active roles in these meetings of cultures. "By the end of the eighteenth century," he writes, "dozens certainly and maybe hundreds of Isla...Log In or Sign Up to Read More