Aphrodite's island
Subtitle: the European discovery of Tahiti
By: Anne Salmond
Edition: 1st University of California Press ed.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 537
ISBN-13: 9780520261143
Notes: Originally published: Auckland, N.Z. : Viking, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [470]-517) and index.
Table of contents: title: Aphrodite's island; title: Thunder in 'Opoa; title: The glorious children of Tetumu; title: Purea, 'Queen' of Tahiti; title: Happy island of Cythera; title: Ahutoru at the opéra; title: A Polynesian Venus; title: Captain Cook in Arcadia; title: The transit of Venus; title: Circling the land; title: Tupaia's ship; title: The Viceroy of Peru; title: Tute's return; title: Hitihiti's odyssey; title: The red feathers of 'Oro; title: Three Tahitians in Lima; title: Boenechea's burial; title: Matimo and the friars; title: Ma'i on ice skates; title: A bare-chested captain; title: Tute's portThe angel of history; title: Appendix. The seasons in Tahiti.