TY  - BOOK
AU  - Salmond,Anne
TI  - Aphrodite's island: the European discovery of Tahiti 
SN  - 9780520261143 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - DU870 .S335 2010
U1  - 996.211 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Berkeley, Calif.
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Pacific Islanders
KW  - First contact with Europeans
KW  - French Polynesia
KW  - Tahiti (Island)
KW  - Tahitians
KW  - History
KW  - Travel
KW  - Public opinion
KW  - Europe
KW  - Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)
KW  - Discovery and exploration
KW  - European
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - Foreign public opinion, European
N1  - 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
ER  -