Salmond, Anne. <br/><br/>
Aphrodite's island :  the European discovery of Tahiti / 
Anne Salmond. 
 - 1st University of California Press ed. 
 - Berkeley, Calif. :  University of California Press  2010. 
 - 537 p., [8] p. of plates :  ill. (some col.), maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Originally published: Auckland, N.Z. : Viking, 2009. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [470]-517) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780520261143 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520261143 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009024503 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA999401  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015391176  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pacific Islanders--First contact with Europeans--French Polynesia--Tahiti (Island)<br/>Tahitians--History.<br/>Tahitians--Travel--History.<br/>Public opinion--History.--Europe
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)--Discovery and exploration--European.<br/>Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)--Ethnic relations.<br/>Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)--Foreign public opinion, European.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DU870  / .S335 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>996.211