French Polynesia is an overseas country of France made up of several Polynesian island groups, the most famous being Tahiti. The islands were not officially united until France established a protectorate in 1889. Indigenous Polynesians first settled the Marquesas Islands in 300 AD and Society Islands in 800 AD, living in chieftainships. European contact began when Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan sighted an island in 1521, with the Dutch and British exploring various islands in the 1700s and establishing France's presence in the region.
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French Polynesia is an overseas country of the
French Republic. It is made up of several
groups of Polynesian islands, the most
famous island being Tahiti in the Society
Islands group, which is also the most
populous island and the seat of the capital of
the territory.
3. French Polynesia is one of the
most beautiful places I’ve ever
seen and I would love to go there,
but unfortunately it is a place only
for the rich…
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The island groups that make up French
Polynesia were not officially united until the
establishment of the French protectorate in
1889. The first of these islands to be settled
by indigenous Polynesians were the
Marquesas Islands in AD 300 and the Society
Islands in AD 800. The Polynesians were
organized in loose chieftainships.
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People’s houses are small but this is not a
problem because I am not sure if they stay
there for the day
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European communication began in 1521
when the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand
Magellan, sailing in the service of the Spanish
Crown, sighted Puka-Puka in the TuāmotuGambier Archipelago. Dutchman Jakob
Roggeveen came across Bora Bora in the
Society Islands in 1722, and the British
explorer Samuel Wallis visited Tahiti in 1767.
The French explorer Louis Antoine de
Bougainville visited Tahiti in 1768, while the
British explorer James Cook visited in 1769
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So, this is French Polynesia and the most
important things of its history… I am going to
end this presentation with some more photos
