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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