ISBN:
0520261143
,
9780520271326
,
9780520261143
Language:
English
Pages:
537 S., [4 Bl.]
,
Ill., Kt
,
24 cm
Edition:
1. Univ. of California Press ed.
DDC:
996.211
Keywords:
Pacific Islanders First contact with Europeans
;
Tahitians History
;
Tahitians Travel
;
History
;
Public opinion History
;
Tahiti
;
Europäer
;
Entdeckung
Description / Table of 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.
Note:
Originally published: Auckland, N.Z. : Viking, 2009
,
Includes bibliographical references (p. [470]-517) and index
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