Trading Nature : : Tahitians, Europeans, and Ecological Exchange / / Jennifer Newell.
When Captain Samuel Wallis became the first European to land at Tahiti in June 1767, he left not only a British flag on shore but also three guinea hens, a pair of turkeys, a pregnant cat, and a garden planted with peas for the chiefess Purea. Thereafter, a succession of European captains, missionar...
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Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2010] ©2010 |
Year of Publication: | 2010 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 32 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: "No Country More Capable": The Provisioning Trade in Tahiti
- Chapter 2: Conceptual Landscapes
- Chapter 3: Getting Captain Cook's Goat: And Other Tales of Ecological Introduction
- Chapter 4: Chiefly Cattle
- Chapter 5: Breadfruit Connections
- Chapter 6: Pigs, Muskets, and A New Order
- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Timeline of Tahiti: Events, Ships, and Chiefs
- Appendix B: A Survey of Species Introduced to the Society Islands 1767-1820s
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index