Growing Coconut Palms in the Pacific Islands: Colliding Knowledge and ValuesCoconutscopracoconut oilIndigenous knowledgeecologyresistance scienceCoconuts provided commodities for the West in the form of coconut oil and copra. Once colonial governments established control of the tropical Pacific Islands, they...
This is why the durbar hall, now dusty but impressively chandeliered, is painted a pale yellow. Elsewhere in this palace, the official Nizam residence which took 119 years to build, is a blend of Persian, European and Rajasthani arches, coconut palms and intricate fountains that once sprayed ...
to refit their vessels. After 1840, exchange trading also met the needs of the staple trade of the islands—coconut oil, derived fromcopraand used for soap and candles. Copra trading became the mainstay of European trade because even islands that had no other resources had coconut palms. ...