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Aphrodite's Island: The European Discovery of Tahiti by Anne Salmond
Category: Australian History
"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 th ...Show more
Between Worlds: Early Exchanges Between Maori and Pakeha 1773-1815 by Anne Salmond
Category: Australian History
'Vivid, convincing and utterly memorable.' -Michael King, North & South Anne Salmond's extraordinary Between Worldsbegins with the arrival of Cook's second expedition in 1773 and takes the story through to 1815, with the establishment of the first British missionary settlement in the Bay of Islands. ...Show more
Bligh - William Bligh in the South Seas by Anne Salmond
Category: Australian History
In Bligh, the story of the most notorious of all Pacific explorers is told through a new lens as a significant episode in the history of the world, not simply of the West. Award-winning anthropologist Anne Salmond recounts the triumphs and disasters of William Bligh's life and career in a riveting narra ...Show more
Bligh: William Bligh in the South Seas by Anne Salmond
Category: History
"In Bligh, the story of the most notorious of all Pacific explorers is told through a new lens as a key episode in the history of the world, rather than simply of the West. Award-winning anthropologist Anne Salmond recounts with a fresh perspective the triumphs and disasters of William Bligh's life in a ...Show more
Oceania by Peter Brunt, Noelle Kahanu, Emmanuel Kasarhérou, Sean Mallon, Michael Mel, Anne Salmond, & Nicholas Thomas
Category: Art and Design
250 years after Cook's voyage to the South Pacific, the dazzling and diverse art of Oceania, from the historic to the contemporary. From the remote shores of Rapa Nui to the dense rainforest of Papua New Guinea, the islands of the Pacific are home to some of the most culturally diverse populations on th ...Show more
The Trial of the Cannibal Dog : Captain Cook in the South Seas by Anne Salmond
Category: History | Series: Allen Lane History S.
The Trial of the Cannibal Dog is a spectacular recreation of three of the greatest and most startling of all human journeys. The Pacific voyages of James Cook explored the ice-bound fringes of the Arctic and Antarctic, sailed across perilous tropical seas, survived hurricanes and volcanic eruptions, dis ...Show more
The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas by Anne Salmond
Category: History
Replaced by Other edition. Shortlisted for the 2004 Montana NZ Book Awards, History section The Trial of the Cannibal Dog is a spectacular recreation of three of the greatest and most startling of all human journeys. The Pacific voyages of James Cook explored the ice-bound fringes of the Arctic and Anta ...Show more
The Trial of the Cannibal Dog - Captain Cook in the South Seas by Anne Salmond
Category: Australian History
This text provides an account of Cook's South Sea voyages, in which Cook plunged south to discover Antarctica and then veered north to discover Hawaii. In Anne Salmond's narrative, Cook's ships, far from remaining little wooden islands of Englishness in a Polynesian sea, become ever more tangled in the ...Show more
Two Worlds by Anne Salmond
Category: Australian History
'Professor Salmond has written a remarkable book. Remarkable for its meticulous research, for its ability to grip the reader's attention; but most of all, remarkable that no-one has done anything quite like it before in the exploration of New Zealand history.' -Naylor Hillary, The Press Two Worldsis Ann ...Show more
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