Trading nature : Tahitians, Europeans, and ecological exchange

Trading nature : Tahitians, Europeans, and ecological exchange /

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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Main Author: Newell, Jennifer
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
Animal introduction > French Polynesia > Tahiti (Island) > History.
Plant introduction > French Polynesia > Tahiti (Island) > History.
SCIENCE > Microscopes & Microscopy.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
HISTORY > Oceania.
Animal introduction
Commerce
Plant introduction
Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) > Commerce > Europe > History.
Europe > Commerce > French Polynesia > Tahiti (Island) > Europe > History.
Tahiti (Polynésie française) > Commerce > Europe > Histoire.
Europe
French Polynesia > Tahiti (Island)
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • "No country more capable" : the provisioning trade in Tahiti
  • Conceptual landscapes
  • Getting Captain Cook's goat : and other tales of ecological introduction
  • Chiefly cattle
  • Breadfruit connections
  • Pigs, muskets, and a new order.

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