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The Golden Cowrie. New Caledonia: Its People and Places [Import] [Hardcover]

May and Henry Larsen (Author)

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Book Description

Publication Date: 1961

Set in the South Sea island of New Caledonia this is the story of an expedition of the fabulous shell known as the golden cowrie. However, as the authors came to enter into the everyday life of the native villages their interest in the principal object of the expedtion became submerged ina wider study of this fascinating island which, with its vivid green, fringed by dazzling sands set in the deep blue of a lagoon, has been called the Island of Light.

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Product Details

Hardcover: 187 pages
Publisher: Oliver & Boyd,; First English Edition edition (1961)
Language: English
ASIN: B0000CL8HI
Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,424,699 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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