Salmond, Anne.

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.

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.

9780520261143 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520261143 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Pacific Islanders--First contact with Europeans--French Polynesia--Tahiti (Island)
Tahitians--History.
Tahitians--Travel--History.
Public opinion--History.--Europe


Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)--Discovery and exploration--European.
Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)--Ethnic relations.
Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island)--Foreign public opinion, European.

DU870 / .S335 2010

996.211