Trading Nature : Tahitians, Europeans, and Ecological Exchange /

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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Newell, Jennifer
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Plant introduction.
Commerce.
Animal introduction.
HISTORY > Oceania.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
SCIENCE > Microscopes & Microscopy.
Plantes > Introduction > Polynesie française > Tahiti > Histoire.
Animaux > Introduction > Polynesie française > Tahiti > Histoire.
Plant introduction > French Polynesia > Tahiti (Island) > History.
Animal introduction > French Polynesia > Tahiti (Island) > History.
French Polynesia > Tahiti (Island)
Europe.
Tahiti (Polynesie française) > Commerce > Europe > Histoire.
Europe > Commerce > French Polynesia > Tahiti (Island) > Europe > History.
Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island) > Commerce > Europe > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "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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