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12024-03-27T16:12:24-07:00Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61Rapa Nui: The Lost People by Ben Llados3A deeper dive into the history of the Rapa Nui, and what led to their downfall.plain2024-03-27T16:28:26-07:003/1/1869-27.1127, -109.3497Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61
12024-03-27T16:12:25-07:00Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61American Perception of the Beaches of the Pacific Northwest by Gustav Volz4This essay delves into the economic perception that the citizens of the United States held in respect to the Pacific NW region as a whole.plain2024-03-27T16:29:11-07:001/1/188245.566565, -122.727231Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61
12024-03-27T16:12:25-07:00Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61Overseas Trade's Impact on the United States by Jade Yamawaki3This essay explores the impact of transatlantic railroads and trade routes on the US’s relations across the Pacific before the 20th century, using a map and academic journals as examples.plain2024-03-27T17:42:30-07:008/1/187535.44556450506132, 139.63894080358142Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61
12024-03-27T16:12:25-07:00Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61The American Imagination Along the Pacific Railroad: Our New West by Samuel Bowles by J.Y.3An analysis of how Americans viewed the Pacific/West coast in the 1860s from the perspective of Samuel Bowles.plain2024-03-27T17:24:24-07:005/10/186938.576458, -121.480760Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61
12024-03-27T16:12:25-07:00Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61The Brutal Legacy of Whaling: Decimation, Commercialism, and Imperialism by Charlotte Wood4This essay examines primary sources and scholarly arguments in relation to whaling as part of a larger narrative of commercialization, expansionism, and exploitation surrounding the Pacific Ocean.plain2024-03-27T17:24:39-07:003/1/187424.5833, -112.0000Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61
12024-03-27T16:12:25-07:00Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61Helpful or Harmful, Delving into California Missions by Catherine McKiever2This essay highlights the issues with Spanish created Missions, the imperialization of Native populations and how the conversion of Native Americans from their own cultural beliefs to Christianity as imposed upon by their conquerors was problematic and unjust.plain2024-03-27T16:59:08-07:006/1/186636.9775, -122.028611Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61
12024-03-27T16:12:26-07:00Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61Remembrance Through Tragedy: A Snapshot of Yesler’s Wharf by Madeline Diemer2An examination of how tragedy prevents history from being forgetten through the lens of an image of Yesler’s Wharf.plain2024-03-27T17:00:11-07:0011/4/187547.601735, -122.336591Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61
12024-03-27T16:12:26-07:00Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61Selfridge's exploration of the Isthmus of Darien by Rosey Chang1Selfridge is a US Navy Commander who under the instructions of the Navy sets out to explore the Isthmus of Darien and its surrounding areas/indigenous populations to determine its suitability for profit and travel.2024-03-27T16:12:26-07:001/17/18739.109482759307857, -79.72371934285205Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61
12024-03-27T16:12:26-07:00Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61Pacific Pasts: Neah Bay Watercolor by Emma Feldman2The watercolor highlights the importance of one’s culture: through a collective enviroment.plain2024-03-27T17:21:54-07:001/1/186248.369139, -124.624278Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61
12024-03-27T16:12:27-07:00Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61From Stars to Sea: The Exploratory Legacy of Ancient Hawaiians by Justin Hougland2An essay refuting of American misperceptions about the culture and knowledge of the ancient Hawaiians.plain2024-03-27T17:21:30-07:001/1/144521.023669, -157.353241Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61
12024-03-27T16:12:27-07:00Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61The Great Hunt by Sasha Henry1This essay uncovers the past exploitation of marine animals and resources in the Pacific and highlights the importance through primary sources.2024-03-27T16:12:27-07:001/1/185410.152042, -156.260000Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61
12024-03-27T16:12:27-07:00Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61The Emergence of Pacific Exploration by Brendan K2This essay informs readers of the reasons why European countries began to traverse the Pacific Oceanplain2024-03-27T17:20:31-07:001/1/177648.765517, 1.943424Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61
12024-03-27T16:12:27-07:00Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61The Misinformed Map: An Analysis of Charles Wilkes’ Map of Hawaii in the 1840s by Sharif Gauri2Many European maps of the Hawaiian islands, Charles Wilkes' map created in 1841 in particular, fail to incorporate the indigenous perspective of the region.plain2024-03-27T17:18:59-07:001/1/184120.917516, -157.379673Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61
12024-03-27T16:12:27-07:00Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61The Pacific Ocean Through the Eyes of Curious Americans in the 1820s by Isabella Lack2This essay analyzes a map created in 1824 of the pacific ocean, showing what Americans wanted out of the ocean.plain2024-03-27T17:18:30-07:001/1/18247.322620, 144.754330Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61
12024-03-27T16:12:27-07:00Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61America vs. Oceania by Darryl Weng1A look at the contradiction between America's view of the Pacific and their dependence on natives.2024-03-27T16:12:27-07:002/8/183552.0767, -123.8302Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61
12024-03-27T16:12:28-07:00Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61The Pacifc Through An Outside lens by Joselyn Wyatt3Explore the navigation towards California and how it is seen from an outsider perspective.plain2024-03-27T17:17:07-07:005/15/188434.05334, -118.24235Sean Fraga985cc10d95ed619b65b9cd2727e1715d0fa10e61