Images of Pacific

This exhibit space will be used to showcase current projects and programs affiliated with the Center for Pan Pacific Exchange. The current exhibit is the beginning of a collection of images of the broader Pacific Ocean and adjacent land forms. The idea is to compare depictions of the Pacific from different cultural perspectives, and as the images change over time. If you've got a map, chart, or depiction of the region you think belongs here, send us a slide, along with a caption and photo credit, or send a reference for the image's location.

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Closeup of Pacific region from an Air New Zealand global map of flight routes, ca. 1965 (Map courtesy of Timothy Bell, Professor of Geography, SSU; photo courtesy of SSU Instructional Technology).

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Map of the North Pacific drawn by Portuguese explorer Joao Teixeira in 1630, (original in the Library of Congress; print courtesy of Randall Dodgen, Professor of History, SSU; photo courtesy of SSU Instructional Technology).

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Micronesian Stick Chart, used to calculate navigational orientation and speed during voyages between islands of the southern Pacific. (Courtesy of the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley).

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