Aphrodite's island : the European discovery of Tahiti, Anne Salmond

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Aphrodite's island : the European discovery of Tahiti, Anne Salmond

Title remainder

the European discovery of Tahiti

Statement of responsibility

Anne Salmond

Instantiates

• Aphrodite's island : the European discovery of Tahiti

Publication

• Berkeley, Calif., University of California Press, 2010
• Berkeley, University of California Press, 2010, c2009

Note

Originally published: Auckland, N.Z. : Viking, 2009

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [470]-517) and index

Carrier category

volume

Carrier category code

• nc

Carrier MARC source

rdacarrier

Content category

text

Content type code

• txt

Content type MARC source

rdacontent

Contents

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 portThe angel of history -- Appendix. The seasons in Tahiti

Dimensions

24 cm

Edition

First University of California Press edition.

Extent

537 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates

Isbn

9780520261143

Lccn

2009024503

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unmediated

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rdamedia

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• n

Other physical details

illustrations (some color), maps

Record ID

2485861

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BK0008258878