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Bora Bora, a hight island
RANGIROA an atoll
TIKEHAU
AN
ATOLL
Tikehau
Marquesas Islands and their
situation in the Pacific Ocean
The Marquesas Archipelago
HISTORY:
The Marquesas were discovered by Polynesians around 300-500 AD.
Alvaro de Mendana, "discovered" Henua Enata in 1595 during a voyage
between South America and the Philippines, he named them for his
patron’ wife, the marqués de Mendoza, viceroy of Peru. However, these
islands remained very little frequented by Europeans.
It was not until 1790 that Stephen Merchant "discovered" the northern
group of islands, which he called "Isles of the Revolution", a name which
was not retained thereafter. The Marquesas Islands was annexed by
France in 1842. Today there are 9264 people. The main island, Nuku
Hiva, has 2966 residents.
NUKU HIVA
CARPOPHAGE DES MARQUISES « UPE »
Tuamotu Archipelago
The Tuamotu archipelago comprises 75
atolls and one raised coral atoll (Makatea)
and innumerable coral reefs. With the
exception of Makatea, the islands are flat
with little fresh water. Fish, coconut and
pearl oysters support the population of this
Polynesian archipelago.
The Tuamotu archipelago differs from other
islands of French Polynesia by its particular
history. The archipelago was inhabited at
the end of the first millennium It took
nearly three centuries to discover all the
atolls of the Tuamotu Archipelago.
In 1521 that Magellan discovered the first
atoll Puka Puka. The Spanish caravel San
Lesmes was shipwrecked on the atoll in
1526.
Subsequently visited by the Portuguese Pedro
Fernández de Quirós (1606) and others, the islands
came under French protection in 1844 and were
annexed in 1880 as a Tahitian dependency. Many
years later, Charles Wilkes discovers the last atoll,
Ahe, on September 6, 1839, and subsequently
completed a comprehensive map of the Tuamotu
Archipelago.
GYGIS BLANCHE « KIRAHU »
The Gambier Islands
The Gambier islands are Located
1,600km South of Tahiti, following
on from the Tuamotu atoll. It is the
most secluded and remote of the
French Polynesian archipelagos.
Ancient volcano that collapsed, the
archipelago consists of several
islands and Mangareva is the
largest. The climate is cool because
the islands lie to the south, the
temperature can reach 12 ° C in
July.
The islands of the Gambier group
are the remotest but they are not
the last to be discovered. Indeed,
they are populated since the
twelfth century. It is in 1797 that
James Wilson discovered the island
of Mangareva.
MANGAREVA
Le Martin Chasseur
He renamed this group of islets
according to the name of the British
admiral Mr Gambier.
A few years later, in 1826, the first
European Frederick Beechey went
on one of the islands of the
archipelago. He then met the
Mangarevan population. At that
time, the population was scattered
over the islands and the king was in
Rikitea on the island of Mangareva.
After the return of Frederick
Beechey, Rikitea became a point of
interest and an important trading
center.
In 1844, the islands of this group
were under the French protectorate,
but it was not until 1881 that the
Gambier was totally annexed
The Australs Archipelago
The first traces of settlement dating back to
900 AD.
Discovered by Westerners in the eighteenth
century, the Austral Islands are located south
of Tahiti, 600 km away from the capital. The
archipelago consists of seven islands: five are
inhabited (Rurutu, Raivavae, Rimatara, Rapa
and Tubuai) and only four are accessible by
air.
The discovery of the Austral Islands by
Europeans spans half a century, the
archipelago being away from the usual
routes. James Cook was the first to discover
Rurutu in 1769 but he did not land and Tubuai
in 1777 . Thomas Gayangos discovered
Raivavae in 1775. Geaoges Vancouver landed
in Rapa in 1791. It’s only in 1821 that Pastor
Henry discovered Rimatara
TUBUAI
Contacts with Europeans result in
severe epidemics that cause terrible
carnage: the population is decimated
and Rurutu fall from 6000 to 200
people.
The taro root and the potato grow
perfectly well in the Australs because
it’s always cold over there.
THE RED PARAKEET « MOHO »
The Society Archipelago
235 503 inhabitants in 2012, more
than 144770 live in the
metropolitan area of Papeete.
Most are Polynesians, but also
Europeans (mostly French) or of
Asian origin. The islands were
discovered in 1767 by Samuel
Wallis and visited in 1786 by
Bougainville. In April 1769, Cook
made a stopover in Tahiti to
observe the transit of Venus across
the solar disk and named the
islands. The name is not given in
honor of the Royal Society of
London as it is often said, but
because
these
islands
are
"situated close to one another." It
is in 1797 that the first
missionaries settled.
Moorea
Ptilope in Society islands
The breadfruit
They will dominate the history of the island
during the nineteenth century. Until then,
Europeans were represented only by adventurers,
castaways, deserters or sometimes traders. The
Missionary Society of London, by a skilful policy
with the future King Pomare II, try to place the
islands under British rules, but a series of
diplomatic incidents lead the French protectorate
in 1842, and the annexation in 1880 . In 1907, the
Society Islands are part of French Oceania, they
become in 1946 French Polynesia in 1958, they
are named French overseas territories and in
2004, they become an overseas country of France
with a greater autonomy.
Nutrition in French Polynesia
Polynesians rely a lot on imported
products. It is easier to go to the
supermarket and buy easy-to-cook
products.
We still have the traditional food
made of breadfruit « Uru », taro,
sweet potato, pig, fish, banana,
« fe’i » a sort of banana, « fafa » a
sort of spinach, « po’e »….
Unfortunately people tend to take it
on special occasions only.
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IA ORA O TAHITI NUI
• 'Ua rahu te atua (i) to'u 'ai'a
• Hono no'ano'a o te motu
rau
• Heihei i te pua ri'i au é
• E firi nape morohi 'ore
• 'O ta'u ia e fa'ateniteni nei
• Te Tuoro nei te reo here
• O te hui'a
• 'A hi'i to aroha
• 'Ia ora o Tahiti Nui é
• God created my country
• Garland of multiple islands
• With such delicate
fragrances
• linked up as an everlasting
braid
• Today let me praise you
• Listen to your children's
voice
• Crying out "Lavish your
love"
• So that Tahiti Nui can live.