An Account of the Discovery of Tahiti
Author: George Robertson (Master of HMS Dolphin)
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 138
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Author: George Robertson (Master of HMS Dolphin)
Publisher:
Published: 1973
Total Pages: 138
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: George Robertson
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 127
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: George Robertson
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 127
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Hugh Carrington
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2017-05-15
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 131703564X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1948.
Author: George Robertson
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 127
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Penguin Group Australia
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2016-11-28
Total Pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9780143770848
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Aphrodite's Islandis a bold new account of the European discovery of Tahiti, the Pacific island of mythic status that has figured so powerfully in European imaginings about sexuality, the exotic, and the nobility or bestiality of 'savages'. In this ground-breaking book, Anne Salmond takes readers to the centre of the shared history to furnish rich insights into Tahitian perceptions of the visitors while illuminating the full extent of European fascination with Tahiti. As she discerns the impact and meaning of the European effect on the islands, she demonstrates how, during the early contact period, the mythologies of Europe and Tahiti intersected and became entwined. Drawing on Tahitian oral histories, European manuscripts and artworks, collections of Tahitian artefacts, and illustrated with contemporary sketches, paintings, and engravings from the voyages, Aphrodite's Islandprovides a vivid account of the Europeans' Tahitian adventures. At the same time, the book's compelling insights into Tahitian life significantly change the way we view the history of this small island during a period when it became a crossroads for Europe."
Author: Joan Druett
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2018-05-29
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781720401254
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRomance and the islands have gone hand-in-hand since the bare-breasted young women of Tahiti gave a rousing welcome to the 18th-century European adventurers who discovered the island. It was not just a tropical port of call that Captain Wallis and his men found, but their tales of golden girls and a majestic island queen became a foundation stone of the Romantic Movement, an enduring inspiration for writers, artists, filmmakers ... mutineers. Joan Druett follows up her prize-winning biography of the remarkable priestly navigator, Tupaia, by bringing this extraordinary story to life.
Author: George Robertson
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Published: 1973
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Anne Salmond
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Published: 2010
Total Pages: 560
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn 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.
Author: Christina Thompson
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2019-03-12
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 0062060899
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA blend of Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs, and Steel and Simon Winchester’s Pacific, a thrilling intellectual detective story that looks deep into the past to uncover who first settled the islands of the remote Pacific, where they came from, how they got there, and how we know. For more than a millennium, Polynesians have occupied the remotest islands in the Pacific Ocean, a vast triangle stretching from Hawaii to New Zealand to Easter Island. Until the arrival of European explorers they were the only people to have ever lived there. Both the most closely related and the most widely dispersed people in the world before the era of mass migration, Polynesians can trace their roots to a group of epic voyagers who ventured out into the unknown in one of the greatest adventures in human history. How did the earliest Polynesians find and colonize these far-flung islands? How did a people without writing or metal tools conquer the largest ocean in the world? This conundrum, which came to be known as the Problem of Polynesian Origins, emerged in the eighteenth century as one of the great geographical mysteries of mankind. For Christina Thompson, this mystery is personal: her Maori husband and their sons descend directly from these ancient navigators. In Sea People, Thompson explores the fascinating story of these ancestors, as well as those of the many sailors, linguists, archaeologists, folklorists, biologists, and geographers who have puzzled over this history for three hundred years. A masterful mix of history, geography, anthropology, and the science of navigation, Sea People combines the thrill of exploration with the drama of discovery in a vivid tour of one of the most captivating regions in the world. Sea People includes an 8-page photo insert, illustrations throughout, and 2 endpaper maps.