University of California, 2010. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Printing. As New COPY with firm hinges, no owner marks in book and no wear to the cover or jacket. 12 color illustrations, 50 b/w photographs, 3 maps. 544 pages. Size: 8vo - over 7พ" - 9พ" tall (163mm x 47mm x 236mm) A history of Tahiti. Illustrated in full color and black and white photographs, paintings & line drawings. Aphrodite's Island is 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 groundbreaking book
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