Tahiti
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Tahiti is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France. It is a tropical island located in the central part of the Pacific Oc
Tahiti from space
View of Raʻiātea Mountain. The mummies of Tahitian rulers were formerly deposited on this mountain, which is considered sacred (tapu).
An 1827 representation of human sacrifice in Tahiti, based on the account of Captain Cook c. 1773.
The meeting between Wallis and Oberea
Society Islands
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The Society Islands are an archipelago in Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean. Politically, the islands are part of French Polynesia, a semi-autonomous part of France. The largest and most populous i
Tahiti
…Tahiti (English: ; Tahitian: ; French: ) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France. It is a tropical island located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean. Tahiti is composed…
HMS Resolution and Discovery in Huahine, commanded by James Cook, depicted by John Cleveley. National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.
Bora Bora, Society Islands
View of Mou'a Roa (880 m), Mo'orea Island
Mount Aorai in northwestern part Tahiti