Volume 1

Pacific Islands / by J.W. Davidson [and others].

  • Great Britain. Naval Intelligence Division.
Date:
1945
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Credit: Pacific Islands / by J.W. Davidson [and others]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    comprehensive and convenient form about countries which they may be called upon to visit, not only in war but in peace-time ; secondly, to maintain the high standard of education in the Navy and, by supplying officers with material for lectures to naval personnel ashore and afloat, to ensure for all ranks that visits to a new country shall be both interesting and profitable. Their contents are, however, by no means confined to matters of purely naval interest. For many purposes (e.g. history, administra- tion, resources, communications, etc.) countries must necessarily be treated as a whole, and no attempt is made to limit their treatment exclusively to coastal zones. It is hoped therefore that the Army, the Royal Air Force, and other Government Departments (many. of whom have given great assistance in the production of the series) will find these Handbooks even more valuable than their predecessors proved to be both during and after the last war. ]. HH. GODFREY Director of Naval Intelligence 1942 The foregoing preface has appeared from the beginning of this series of Geographical Handbooks. It describes so effectively their origin and purpose that I have decided to retain it in its original form. This volume has been prepared for the Naval Intelligence Division at the Cambridge sub-centre (General Editor, Dr H. C. Darby). It has been mainly written by Dr J. W. Davidson, Dr Margaret Davies, Dr Raymond Firth, Dr L. Hawkes and Dr P. W. Richards, with contributions from Mr A. E. P. Collins, Mr Adrian Digby, Dr J. P. Harding, Professor A. A. Miller, and Dr Charles Wilcocks. The maps and diagrams have been drawn mainly by Mr A. O. Cole, Miss K. S. A. Froggatt, Miss F. Hands, Miss M. Hart, and Mrs Gwen Raverat. The volume has been edited by Dr Raymond Firth and Dr J. W. Davidson. | E. G. N. RUSHBROOKE Director of Naval Intelligence August 1945