Aphrodite's island
Subtitle: the European discovery of Tahiti
By: Anne Salmond.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berkeley
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780520261143
Subjects: Pacific Islanders -- First contact with Europeans -- French Polynesia -- Tahiti (Island); Tahitians -- History; Tahitians -- Travel -- History; Public opinion -- Europe -- History; Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- Discovery and exploration -- European; Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- Ethnic relations; Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- Foreign public opinion, European
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: 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 portrait; title: Conclusion: The angel of history; title: Appendix 1: The seasons in Tahiti; title: Appendix 2: Islands named by island navigators.