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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.

Soak in the enchanting sounds of the sun-drenched Oceania/Pacific Islands coming to you in 64kbps FM Stereo!
 

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Drying Copra.

         

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Papeete marketplace.

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Marquesas Islands.

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Papeete cathedral.

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Papeete.

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The Tomb of King Pomare.

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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.

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This is a portrait of Marau Taaroa - the "Last Queen of Tahiti"
who dictated her memoirs to Henry Adams.  This illustration is the original
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

   click here Jane's Tahiti Home Page                            
click here Jane's Oceania Home Page                     
 click here Accommodation and Travel Guide           
                    click here Oceania-The Last Voyage of Captain James Cook   
 
By Jane Resture
(E-mail: jane@janeresture.com -- Rev. 20th December 2002)