Words of the lagoon : fishing and marine lore in the Palau District of Micronesia

Author(s)

• Johannes, R. E. (Robert Earle)

Bibliographic Information

Words of the lagoon : fishing and marine lore in the Palau District of Micronesia

R.E. Johannes

University of California Press, 1992, c1981

Note

Contains glossaries of Palauan and Tobian words

Bibliography: p. 207-223

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Words of the Lagoon is an account of the pioneering work of a marine biologist to discover, test, and record the knowledge possessed by native fisherman of the Palau Islands of Micronesia.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA19175488
• ISBN:
  • 0520080874
• LCCN: 79064483
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: engpaumap
• Place of Publication: Berkeley
• Pages/Volumes: xiv, 245 p., [8] p. of plates
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : SH319.P44
  • DC : 639/.22/09966
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Fisheries -- Palau
  • LCSH : Marine biology -- Palau
  • LCSH : Fishes -- Palau
  • LCSH : Folklore -- Palau
  • LCSH : Ethnology -- Palau
  • LCSH : Palauan language -- Terms and phrases
  • LCSH : Palau