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Aphrodite's island : the European discovery of Tahiti / Anne Salmond.

By: 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)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 996.211 22
LOC classification:
  • DU870 .S335 2010
Contents:
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.
List(s) this item appears in: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks DU870 .S335 2010 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Item is in display case (ask at desk to check out) 33039001158178

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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