Aphrodite's island : the European discovery of Tahiti / Anne Salmond.
Publication details: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press 2010.Edition: 1st University of California Press edDescription: 537 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780520261143 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0520261143 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- Discovery and exploration -- European
- Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- Ethnic relations
- Pacific Islanders -- First contact with Europeans -- French Polynesia -- Tahiti (Island)
- Tahitians -- History
- Tahitians -- Travel -- History
- Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- Foreign public opinion, European
- Public opinion -- Europe -- History
- 996.211 22
- DU870 .S335 2010
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Originally published: Auckland, N.Z. : Viking, 2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [470]-517) and index.
Aphrodite's island -- Thunder in 'Opoa -- The glorious children of Tetumu -- Purea, 'Queen' of Tahiti -- Happy island of Cythera -- Ahutoru at the opeÌra -- A Polynesian Venus -- Captain Cook in Arcadia -- The transit of Venus -- Circling the land -- Tupaia's ship -- The Viceroy of Peru -- Tute's return -- Hitihiti's odyssey -- The red feathers of 'Oro -- Three Tahitians in Lima -- Boenechea's burial -- Matimo and the friars -- Ma'i on ice skates -- A bare-chested captain -- Tute's port -- The angel of history -- Appendix. The seasons in Tahiti.
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