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    Ahutoru (c. 1740 – 6 November 1771) was a Tahitian man, brother and adopted son of Ereti, the chief of the village where Louis Antoine de Bougainville...
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    Ra'iatean man who became the second Pacific Islander to visit Europe, after Ahutoru who was brought to Paris by Bougainville in 1768. Ma'i, born c. 1751, described...
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    brought to France a Tahitian named Ahutoru who volunteered to come with him. In France, Bougainville introduced Ahutoru to the high society, including introducing...
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    returned from the Pacific with a Tahitian native, Ahutoru. Marion was tasked with returning Ahutoru to his homeland, and then to explore the south Pacific...
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    Louis-Antoine de Bougainville's Voyage, after learning the language from Ahutoru, the first Tahitian to sail aboard a European vessel. In 1876 Pereira's...
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    a mallet. In 1972 he joined Arue 's dance troupe, Fetia, later renamed Ahutoru Nui in 1989. He was twelve years old and the raatira (troop leader) Teipo...
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    the island for France and named it New Cythera. They left Tahiti, with Ahutoru aboard, and sailed westward to southern Samoa and the New Hebrides, then...
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    Isle de France. In early 1770, Kerguelen had drafted a project to bring Ahutoru back to Tahiti, and take the opportunity to explore the Southern Pacific...
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