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We feature a handpicked selection of travel guides, maps, literature, books on art, nature and culture, designed to help you get more out of your travels to Tahiti & French Polynesia. Order an essential package, and we'll ship any additional items for fr
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Hidden Tahiti & French Polynesia
Robert F. Kay
GUIDEBOOK 2004 PAPER 520 PAGES
An excellent, comprehensive guide to Tahiti and French Polynesia, geared for nature-oriented travelers. With chapters on Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora, Huahine, Raitea and Tahaa, Maupiti, the Tuomotos, Marquesas, Australs and Gambier Islands. It includes a survey of culture, history and activities, extensive travel information. Fifth Edition.
(PAC22, $18.95)
Gauguin, The Quest for Paradise
Francoise Colchin
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR 1993 PAPER 195 PAGES
Concise and beautifully illustrated, this overview of the artist, his work and life features a significant section on his time in Tahiti. The book includes many paintings as well as excerpts from his journals and other writings. Part of the acclaimed "Discoveries" series.
(PAC27, $12.95)
The Happy Isles of Oceania, Paddling the Pacific
Paul Theroux
EXPLORATION 2006 PAPER 480 PAGES
FAVORITE
Here's Theroux at his best: wickedly funny, open-minded and enormously well informed. In this best-selling book, he flies off to Australia with a kayak and ends up exploring much of Melanesia and Polynesia as well. This book is a terrific introduction to the region, combining history, anecdote and acutely observed detail on people and place.
(PAC03, $15.95)
Tahiti and Society Islands Map
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MAP
A handsome French-produced map of Tahiti and the Society Islands, at a scale of 1:100,000. The map shows the topography of the rugged islands in full-color shaded relief, surrounding coral reefs, raods, towns and points of interest. With an inset road map of Papeete.
(PAC65, $16.95)
Lonely Planet Tahiti and French Polynesia
Tony Wheeler
Jean-Bernard Carillet
GUIDEBOOK
A practical guide to Tahiti and French Polynesia with information on history, culture and nature.
(PAC86, $22.99)
Tahiti & French Polynesia Guide
Jan Prince
GUIDEBOOK
An authoritative, in-depth guide to exploring all French Polynesia, including the little-discovered Austral Islands and the alluring Marquesas.
(PAC169, $22.95)
A History of the Pacific Islands
Ian Campbell
HISTORY
A brief, authoritative history of the Pacific Islands from earliest habitation, through European influence, to the emergence of modern independent island nations.
(PAC04, $21.95)
Beach Crossings, Voyaging Across Times, Cultures, And Self
Greg Dening
HISTORY
Dening, an ethnographer of Polynesia, sums up a life's work in these autobiographical essays, covering the Marquesas and other island groups.
(PAC157, $47.50)
Noa Noa, The Tahiti Journal
Paul Gauguin
John Miller
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
Gauguin's journals from Tahiti, originally published by the author in 1818. With gorgeous reproductions of watercolors and etchings alongside the artist's impressions of two years in French Polynesia.
(PAC13, $19.95)
Oceanic Art
Nicholas Thomas
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A concise, cogent and colorful overview of the gorgeous art of the Pacific Islands. Organized thematically with 182 illustrations, 26 in color.
(PAC06, $18.95)
On the Road of the Winds
Patrick Vinton Kirch
ARCHAEOLOGY
An excellent scholarly review of the prehistory and archaeology of Pacific civilizations before European contact.
(PAC101, $35.95)
Captain James Cook
Richard Hough
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A vividly written narrative of the life and three great voyages of Captain Cook. This fine book includes a gripping account of his discoveries throughout the Pacific.
(PAC24, $18.95)
In the South Seas
Robert Louis Stevenson
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
A set of Stevenson's personal sketches describing a year of travels in the Marquesas, Paumotus and the Gilberts, first written as magazine articles and then reworked to incorporate detail on local peoples and history, published posthumously.
(PAC147, $15.00)
Kon-Tiki, Across the Pacific by Raft
Thor Heyerdahl
F. H. Lyon
EXPLORATION
The hugely popular account of a daring 1947 voyage sailing along the Humboldt and Equatorial currents from Peru to Tahiti. Apart from the sheer adventure, Heyerdahl wanted to show the world that Polynesians could have settled the region. With photographs.
(PAC10, $5.99)
Paradise
Larry McMurtry
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
McMurtry effortlessly weaves travel and biography in this absorbing account of his 1999 voyage aboard the Aranui. from Tahiti to Fatu Hiva and the Marquesas.
(PAC176, $13.00)
Sailing in the Wake of the Ancestors: Reviving Polynesian Voyaging
Ben R. Finney
EXPLORATION
On its surface an account of a 1995 voyage from Hawaii to the Marquesas, this engaging book by a pioneer of experimental voyages, is also a wide-ranging history of Pacific traditions.
(PAC178, $19.95)
Storms and Dreams, The Life of Louis de Bougainville
John Dunmore
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The first biography in English of the great 18th-century explorer and personality, one of the first Europeans to visit Tahiti.
(PAC212, $24.95)
The Cruise of the Snark
Jack London
EXPLORATION
Jack London's remarkable account of his ambitious 1906-7 cruise, in which he set out from San Francisco with his wife and two crew, and sailed to Hawaii, the Marquesas and the Solomon Islands.
(PAC17, $13.00)
Vaka Moana, Voyages of the Ancestors: The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific
R. K. Howe
EXPLORATION
This richly illustrated collection of scholarly articles on Pacific voyaging, past and present, features 400 color and black-and-white photographs, maps, and diagrams, along with contributions by Ben Finney, Sam Low, Anne Salmond and other experts.
(PAC177, $59.00)
We, the Navigators, The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific
David Lewis
EXPLORATION
This engaging classic examines how Stone Age Polynesians may have navigated the Pacific. The scholarly volume will appeal to seafarers and modern Pacific travelers.
(PAC35, $27.95)
Moon and Sixpence
Somerset Maugham
LITERATURE
Maugham's well-regarded 1919 novel, inspired by the life of Gaugin; it's the powerful story of a man who relinquishes his family to pursue his dream of becoming a painter, eventually moving to the South Pacific.
(PAC16, $12.00)
Mutiny on the Bounty
James Norman Hall
Charles Nordhoff
LITERATURE
The well-known (and loved) fictional account of the voyage of the HMS Bounty, greatly enjoyable despite its probable lack of accuracy regarding Bligh's personality.
(PAC11, $13.99)
South Sea Tales
Jack London
LITERATURE
Drawn largely from his cultural experiences in the Pacific, this is a dark collection of London's tales about the South Sea. Originally published in 1911, the collection includes "Mauki" and "The Terrible Solomans."
(PAC85, $7.95)
South Sea Tales
Robert Louis Stevenson
LITERATURE
Towards the end of his life in the late 19th century, Robert Louis Stevenson lived in Samoa and traveled widely around the South Pacific. These entertaining tales, set among both real and mythical islands, show Stevenson's keen observations of island life.
(PAC15, $14.95)
Tales of the South Pacific
James A. Michener
LITERATURE
The first of the big Michener novels, set in World War II Polynesia. It's great fun, and the basis for the Rogers & Hammerstein musical "South Pacific."
(PAC18, $7.99)
Typee, Omoo, Mardi
Herman Melville
LITERATURE
Melville's South Pacific trilogy featuring a Yankee sailor who jumps ship and enters the flawed Pacific paradise of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas.
(PAC62, $40.00)
The Snorkeller's Guide to the Coral Reef, From the Red Sea to the Pacific Ocean
Paddy Ryan
Peter Atkinson
NATURAL HISTORY
The best-selling, take-along guide to coral reefs, coral reef fishes, invertebrates and plants of the Indo-Pacific. With 200 color photographs.
(DIV18, $19.95)
A Field Guide to the Birds of Hawaii and the Tropical Pacific
H. Douglas Pratt
FIELD GUIDE
An outstanding field guide with chapters on the islands and habitats, superb color plates and a checklist of birds by island group.
(HWI32, $45.00)
Flowers of the Pacific Island Seashore
W. Arthur Whistler
FIELD GUIDE
A photographic field guide to the seaside plants found throughout the Pacific islands, including Tonga, Samoa, Tahiti, the Cook Islands, Fiji and Micronesia. Includes an island-by-island checklist.
(PAC20, $19.00)
Reef Fish Identification, Tropical Pacific
Paul Humann
Ned Deloach
Gerald Allen
Roger Steene
FIELD GUIDE
A comprehensive guide to Indo-Pacific reef fishes, featuring 2,500 color photographs of 2,000 species.
(DIV49, $45.00)
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