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when did they fisrt settled?
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When was Tahiti first discovered?
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the expedition of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville, aboard Boudeuse and Etoile on the first French circumnavigation, sighted Tahiti. On April 2nd 1768
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He had first sighted Tahiti in 18th of June 1767
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On 5 April, they anchored off Hitiaʻa O Te Ra and were welcomed by its chief Reti. Bougainville was also visited by Tutaha. Bougainville stayed about ten days.
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12 April 1769 Captain James Cook had arrived in Tahiti's Matavai Bay, commanding HMS Endeavour. He had been sent on a scientific mission with astronomy, botany, and artistic details.
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On 14 April Cook met Tutaha and Tepau and the next day he picked the site for a fortified camp at Point Venus for Charles Green's observatory.
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Cook and Endeavour left Tahiti on 13 July 1769.
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The Viceroy of Peru, Manuel de Amat y Juniet, under order of the Spanish Crown, organized an expedition to colonize the island in 1772.
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Four Tahitians, Pautu, Tipitipia, Heiao, and Tetuanui, accompanied Bonechea back to Peru in early 1773 after the first Aguila expedition.
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Cook returned to Tahiti between 15 August and 1 September 1773. Greeted by the chiefs, Cook anchored in Vaitepiha Bay before returning to Point Venus
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Pautu and Tetuanui returned to Tahiti with Bonechea aboard Aguila on 14 November 1774; Tipitipia and Heiao had died.
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Bonechea died on 26 January 1775 in Tahiti and was buried near the mission he had established at Tautira Bay.
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Cook left Tahiti on 14 May 1774.