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Pacific port towns and cities

Pacific port towns and cities

a symposium [held at the] Tenth Pacific Science Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1961.

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Published by Bishop Museum Press in [Honolulu] .
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    Places:
  • Pacific Area.
    • Subjects:
    • Cities and towns -- Pacific Area.

    • Edition Notes

      StatementEdited by Alexander Spoehr.
      ContributionsSpoehr, Alexander, 1913- ed., National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum., University of Hawaii (Honolulu), Pacific Science Congress (10th : 1961 : Honolulu, Hawaii)
      Classifications
      LC ClassificationsHT149.P3 P3
      The Physical Object
      Pagination89 p.
      Number of Pages89
      ID Numbers
      Open LibraryOL5598575M
      LC Control Number68004498

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