Aphrodite's island : the European discovery of Tahiti /

Aphrodite's island : the European discovery of Tahiti /

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Author / Creator:	Salmond, Anne.
Edition:	1st University of California Press ed.
Imprint:	Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.
Description:	537 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Pacific Islanders -- First contact with Europeans -- French Polynesia -- Tahiti (Island) Tahitians -- History. Tahitians -- Travel -- History. Public opinion -- Europe -- History. Civilization -- Foreign influences. Discovery and exploration, European. Ethnic relations. Pacific Islanders -- First contact with Europeans. Public opinion. Public opinion, European. Tahitians. Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- Discovery and exploration -- European. Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- Ethnic relations. Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- Foreign public opinion, European. Europe. French Polynesia -- Tahiti (Island) History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7900259

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ISBN:	9780520261143 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520261143 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Originally published: Auckland, N.Z. : Viking, 2009. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
A Note to Readers
Acknowledgements
Introduction Aphrodite's Island
Chapter 1. Thunder in 'Opoa
Chapter 2. The Glorious Children of Tetumu
Chapter 3. Purea, 'Queen' of Tahiti
Chapter 4. Happy Island of Cythera
Chapter 5. Ahutoru at the Opera
Chapter 6. A Polynesia Venus
Chapter 7. Captain Cook in Arcadia
Chapter 8. The Transit of Venus
Chapter 9. Circling the Land
Chapter 10. Tupaia's Ship
Chapter 11. The Viceroy of Peru
Chapter 12. Tute's Return
Chapter 13. Hitihiti's Odyssey
Chapter 14. The Red Feathers of 'Oro
Chapter 15. Three Tahitians in Lima
Chapter 16. Boenechea's Burial
Chapter 17. Matimo and the Friars
Chapter 18. Ma'i on Ice Skates
Chapter 19. A Bare-chested Captain
Chapter 20. Tute' Portrait
Conclusion The Angel of History
Appendix The Seasons in Tahiti
Selected Bibliography
Notes
Index