Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. 1. Introduction: A Personal Odyssey 1
5. 2. The Earth’s Dynamic Third: The Pacific Basin 7
6. 3. Islands That Vanished Long Ago 35
7. 4. Ancient Continents Hidden by Time 62
8. 5. The Coming of Humans to the Pacific 71
9. 6. Mythical Islands in Pacific Islander Traditions 86
10. 7. Mythical Continents of the Pacific 108
11. 8. Vanishing Islands: Processes of Island Disappearance Witnessed by Humans 130
12. 9. Recently Vanished Islands in the Pacific 147
13. 10. Vanished Islands of the Future 182
14. 11. Vanished Islands and Hidden Continents in the World’s Oceans: Last Thoughts 195
15. Appendix 1 201
16. Appendix 2 205
17. Notes 209
18. References 241
19. Index 265