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NOTE: This is part nine of a thirteen part article. Enjoy!!!
Part IX- Polynesian History (1595 – Present)
As the French were invading Tahiti in 1842, one of the most famous visitors to Polynesia arrived in Taiohae, Nuku Hiva, in the Marquesas. A young Herman Melville, later author of Moby Dick, arrived on the American whaler, [...]
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NOTE: This is part eight of a thirteen part article. Enjoy!!!
Part VIII – Polynesian History (1595 – Present)
The next significant visitors to Polynesia were Captain William Bligh and his crew on the English ship Bounty, in 1789. The purpose of the voyage was to acquire breadfruit a food substance that could be used to cheaply [...]
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NOTE: This is part seven of a thirteen part article. Enjoy!!!
Part VII – Polynesian History (1595 – Present)
On behalf of England, James Cook visited Tahiti three times between 1769 and 1779. His era of exploration is historically significant because the expeditions were scientific in nature. Cook was sent to the South Pacific to track the [...]
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NOTE: This is part six of a thirteen part article. Enjoy!!!
Part VI – Polynesian History (1595 – Present)
In 1722, a Dutchman, Jacob Roggeveen was the next to visit. Roggeveen visited Rapa Nui, named Easter Island because his visit occurred during Easter. Following the Dutch, the British invasion (no not the Beatles!) started in 1765 [...]
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