Book ID: CBB001030034

Aphrodite's Island: The European Discovery of Tahiti (2010)

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Salmond, Anne (Author)


University of California Press


Publication Date: 2010
Physical Details: 537 pp.; ill.; maps; bibl.; index
Language: English

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Review Bullard, Alice (2011) Review of "Aphrodite's Island: The European Discovery of Tahiti". American Historical Review (pp. 1470-1471). unapi

Review Liebersohn, Harry (2011) Review of "Aphrodite's Island: The European Discovery of Tahiti". Journal of World History (p. 609). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Allen, Deborah J.
Ballantyne, Tony
Batsaki, Yota
Bertomeu Sánchez, José Ramón
Carhart, Michael C.
Headrick, Daniel R.
Journals
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Colonial Latin American Review
East Asian Science, Technology, and Medicine
Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan
History of Science
History of the Human Sciences
Publishers
Rutgers University
Ashgate
Brill
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Harvard University Press
Princeton University Press
Concepts
Travel; exploration
Geography
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Imperialism
Cartography
Colonialism
People
Cook, James
Forster, Georg
Meiners, Christoph
Napoleon I, Emperor of France
Yi Ik
Solander, Daniel Charles
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
Modern
17th century
Enlightenment
Medieval
Places
Europe
Tahiti
Great Britain
Cyprus
China
Caribbean
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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