Melimel: The Good Friday Typhoon of 1907 and Its Aftermath in the Mortlocks, Caroline Islands

From Habele Institute

Spennemann, Dirk (2007). Melimel: The Good Friday Typhoon of 1907 and Its Aftermath in the Mortlocks, Caroline Islands. Albury, Australia. ISBN 978-1-921220-07-4.


Abstract: Title from PDF cover (viewed 20 Feb. 2008). Subject: "A historic narrative of the effects of the Good Friday Typhoon on the eastern Caroline Islands. The book outlines the destruction wrought on the settlements and the environment, and outlines the actions taken by the Imperial German colonial administration to alleviate the suffering of the population. In part this entailed large-scale relocation of people first to Pohnpei and from there to Saipan."--Publisher's website

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CorpusID: 135103622
MAG: 2744915105
OCLC: 192106802
OpenAlex: W2744915105