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
Number of pages: 537
ISBN-13: 9780520261143
Subjects: European; Entdeckung; First contact with Europeans; Travel; Discovery and exploration; Ethnic relations; Tahitians; Public opinion; Pacific Islanders; European Foreign public opinion; History
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.