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Author Salmond, Anne.

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

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, [2009]
©2009

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 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  996.211 SAL    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  996.211 SAL    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  996.211 SA    Check Shelf
Description 537 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Introduction: Aphrodite's island -- Thunder in 'Opoa -- The glorious children of Tetumu -- Purea, "Queen" of Tahiti -- Happy island of Cythera -- Ahutoru at the opéra -- 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 portrait -- Conclusion: The angel of history -- Appendix 1: The seasons in Tahiti -- Appendix 2: Islands named by island navigators.
Summary An in-depth look at the European discovery of the South Pacific island of Tahiti and all the ideas it came to represent in European minds regarding sexuality, the exotic, and the nobility of the so-called savages; also examines Tahitian attitudes toward the visitors and the impact of their interactions with each other.
Subject Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- Discovery and exploration -- European.
Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- Ethnic relations.
Pacific Islanders -- First contact with other peoples -- French Polynesia -- Tahiti (Island)
Tahitians -- History.
Tahitians -- Travel -- History.
Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) -- Foreign public opinion, European.
Public opinion -- Europe -- History.
Entdeckung
Tahiti
Europäer
découverte géographique -- voyage d'exploration -- Tahiti (France) -- 18e s. (fin)
ISBN 9780520261143 (cloth: alkaline paper)
0520261143 (cloth: alkaline paper)
9780520271326
0520271327
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