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Largest of the Society Islands, in French
Polynesia; area 1,042 sq km/402 sq mi;
population (1983) 116,000. Its capital is
Papeete. Tahiti was visited by Capt James
Cook 1769 and by Bligh of the Bounty 1788. It
came under French control 1843 and became a
colony 1880.