Colonization of the Pacific, 60,000 BCE to 400 AD

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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