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TAHITI PICTURE GALLERY 2
(FRENCH POLYNESIA)
The following images show the beauty and colour of modern
and historical Tahiti.
They show the day-to-day lives of the people as well as
the beautiful environments that is Tahiti today.
Drying
Copra.
Papeete
marketplace.
Marquesas
Islands.
Papeete
cathedral.
Papeete.
The Tomb of King Pomare.
CAPTAIN WALLIS on his arrival at O'TAHEITE
in conversation with OBEREA the QUEEN while her attendants
are performing a favourite DANCE called the TIMRODEE.
This is a portrait of Marau Taaroa
- the "Last Queen of Tahiti"
cover of the 9 March 1884 French
magazine "Le Journal Illustré" and an
article concerning the queen is
complete on verso. She is said to play the
violin passably well and to love
cigarettes
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Tahiti Postcard and Picture Gallery
Links
Jane's
Tahiti Home Page
Jane's Oceania Home Page
Accommodation
and Travel Guide
Oceania-The
Last Voyage of Captain James Cook
By Jane Resture
(E-mail:
jane@janeresture.com
-- Rev. 20th December 2002)