Caption
Colonization of the Pacific
Summary
This map indicates the colonization routes around the Pacific Islands, including Australia, from 60,000 BCE to 400 AD. Different colonization routes are portrayed in different colors, and Ice Age coastlines, key settlements, and ritual structures after 700 AD are also noted.
Source
Oxford Atlas of World History, Oxford University Press, 1999. General Editor Patrick K. O’Brien. (p. 26)
Copyright
Map copyright © Philip’s, a division of Octopus Publishing Group Ltd.
Source: Philip’s Atlas of World History
Used under license from Octopus Publishing Group.
Series
This map is one in a series of maps selected from the Oxford Atlas of World History.
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