A Library in Paradise: the deBrum Library on Likiep (Micronesia)

Dirk Spennemann; Jon O'Neill

A Library in Paradise: the deBrum Library on Likiep (Micronesia)

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Abstract

During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries the island world of Micronesia was devoid of libraries, with the exception of a private library established by the Portuguese-Marshallese Joachim deBrum on the semi-remote atoll of Likiep in the Marshall Islands. The article traces the origin and development of the library and comments on its composition.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	135-146
Number of pages	12
Journal	Script and Print: bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand
Volume	31
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - 2008

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