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Includes bibliographical references and indexes, 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
- Author
- Salmond, Anne
- Publisher
- Berkeley : University of California Press
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780520261143
- Subjects
- History, Travel, Language Learning
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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