Web Directory > Pacific > History

• 22d Marines Association Inc. www site : Marine veterans of W.W.II, Samoan Island, Marshall Islands, Eniwetok, Guam, Okinawa & China
  An Association of Marine Veterans from the 22nd Regiment of the US Marine Corps who saw action in the Pacific region during World War II. A very brief history of the Regiment is provided.
  
  
• ASAO : Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania
  An international organization dedicated to comparative studies of Pacific topics. ASAO holds annual meetings with a special format designed to facilitate discussion and develop topics for publication.
  
  
• Battleship USS Washington BB56 : welcome aboard
  The site is organised under the following headings: historical facts; historic photographs; dimensions and diagram; battle actions, the Third Battle of Savo; armament; captains and admirals; shipmates; Cougar Scream newsletter; World War II Plus 55 newsletter; BB56 Reunion Group and Associate Unit; interesting links.
  
  
• Centre for the Contemporary Pacific
  In the context of the Centre's activities, 'the Pacific' refers to Papua New Guinea and the other islands states and territories of Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia, with particular emphasis on the Southwest Pacific region. The term 'contemporary' is broadly understood to include history and prehistory. In addition to information about the Centre, the site includes the online newsletter Talanoa and links to related sites.
  
  
• Ethnology database
  Bishop Museum, Hawai`i, Ethnology Collection. The database has photographs and detailed information for more than 400 cultural objects from throughout the Pacific region.
  
  
• Hōkūle`a: the voyage to Rapa Nui Hōkūle`a : Hawaii's first double-hulled canoe sails again / by Susan Kreifels
  The Hōkūle`a, Hawaii's first traditional voyaging canoe and symbol of native Hawaiian resurgence, sets sail for Rapa Nui (Easter Island). This last sail of the century will complete the triangle of ancient migration routes the Hawaiians have retraced through the Pacific. The page, part of the Honolulu star-bulletin web site, describes and then illustrates the way the Hōkūle`a and crew attempts to recreate the voyages of the first Polynesians. The 1999 voyage was to Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Link to the Polynesian Voyaging Society site.
  
  
• History of the Pacific Islands : history of the 20th century
  Korean Minjok Leadership Academy (KMLA) site. Provides information and links about American Samoa, Australia, Carolinas, Christmas Islands, Cocos Islands, Cook Islands, Easter Island, Ellice Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, German New Guinea, German Samoa, Gilbert islands, Gilbert & Ellice Islands, Guam, Hawaii, Irian Java, Keeling Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Netherlands New Guinea, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern, Mariana Islands, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn, Rapa Nui, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna, Western Samoa.
  
  
• Journal of the Polynesian Society
  The Journal of the Polynesian Society records the scholarly study of past and present Pacific Island peoples and cultures. The project will progressively digitise the first 100 years of the Journal, from 1892-1991. Issues available in full-text.
  
  
• Newsletter of the Pacific Manuscripts Bureau / Pacific Manuscripts Bureau
  Newsletter Of The Pacific Manuscripts Bureau carries news of the Bureau's activities, microfilming projects, recent releases, fieldtrips, advertises books and presents articles by a wide range of people with an interest in the Pacific Islands region. Issues are available in full-text.
  
  
• Oceanic Archaeology Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley
  Research into the archaeology, prehistory, and historical anthropology of the Pacific Islands and their indigenous peoples and cultures.
  
  
• Pacific History Association
  Information about the 17th Pacific History Association, including upcoming Conferences and membership details. Includes map of the Pacific area.
  
  
• Pacific island photographs of UCR CMP / by Felicia R. Beardsley, E.R. Beardsley
  Photographs from the Keystone-Mast collection and the Pidgeon collection, from many fields including anthropology, archaeology, and history.
  
  
• Pacific naval battles in World War II
  Information on a number of the more important battles of the war in the Pacific region. Includes synopsis, tabular displays of forces, shipping, aircraft involved, and maps.
  
  
• Pacific wreck database
  History, veterans and wreckage of WWII. Maintained by Justin Taylan.
  
  
• PacificGenWeb : genealogy from the Pacific and Oceania
  PacificGenWeb, part of the WorldGenWeb project, seeks to link the genealogical and historical resources of all Pacific countries, territories and states together. The aim of the project is to provide transcriptions and other items of research significance to the public via the Internet, free of charge. The site is divided into four areas: Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.
  
  
• Peuples des eaux, gens des les, lÓcéanie
  This virtual exhibition is a prototype of the ECHO/CHEO project (Encyclopédie Culturelle Hypermédia de lÓcéanie/Cultural Hypermedia Encyclopedia of Oceania). It presents the history and cultures of the peoples of Oceania.
  
  
• Polynesian Voyaging Society
  The Society's aim is to research how Polynesian seafarers discovered and settled nearly every inhabitable island in the Pacific Ocean before European explorers arrived in the 16th century. Since 1975, PVS has built and launched two replicas of ancient canoes--Hokule'a and Hawai'iloa--and completed six voyages to the South Pacific to retrace migration routes and recover traditional canoe-building and wayfinding (non-instrument navigation) arts. The web site includes bibliographies on: Polynesian migration and voyaging, and recent voyages to Tahiti, Aotearoa, Rarotonga, Marquesas, Rapanui, British Columbia and Alaska.
  
  
• South seas : voyaging and cross-cultural encounters in the Pacific (1760-1800)
  Resource for the history of European voyaging and cross-cultural encounters in the Pacific between 1760 and 1800. Provides the full text of journals by Cook, Banks, Parkinson and Hawkesworth; contemporary accounts of the indigenous cultures of the Pacific; interactive maps; reference guide and, a selection of images from the National Library of Australia's collections.
  
  
• Tapuhi
  Catalogue of unpublished material - photos, drawings & prints, maps, manuscripts and archival material - from the Alexander Turnbull Library collections.
  
  
• Tidal pools : digitized texts from Oceania for Samoan and Pacific studies
  Full-text of 12 works on Oceania and Samoa, including works relating to culture, history, politics, gender and language. Includes brief information about the Victoria University of Wellington Pacific Studies and Samoan Studies programmes. Available from New Zealand Electronic Text Centre (NZETC) site, hosted by Victoria University of Wellington.
  
  
• Timeframes
  Database of selected New Zealand, Pacific and Antarctica heritage images from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library, the research library within the National Library of New Zealand.
  
  
• World War II on the web. links for World War II in the Pacific
  Links to pages about World War II in the Pacific on the web. Part of World War II site.