The inhabitants are Polynesians, who practice subsistence agriculture, growing taro, yams, bananas, etc., and are all Catholics today. The first European to arrive on the island was the Englishman Samuel Wallis in 1767, after whom the island was named. It became a French protectorate in 1887, a French colony in 1913, and a French overseas territory in 1959. From Tahiti…The island's capital, Papeete, is also the administrative, economic and transportation center of French Polynesia. The first person to discover Tahiti was Captain Wallis of the British Navy, commanding the Dolphin, in 1767. The following year, French Captain Bougainville also visited the island and believed he was the first to discover it. Captain Cook, who visited the island four times from 1769, wrote an excellent record of the islanders. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Wallis, S." is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…住民はポリネシア人で,タロイモ,ヤムイモ,バナナなどの自給農業を営み,現在すべてカトリック教徒である。最初のヨーロッパ人来航者は1767年のイギリス人サミュエル・ウォリスで,島名はこれにちなむ。1887年フランス保護領となり,1913年にフランス植民地,59年にフランス海外領土となった。… 【タヒチ[島]】より…島の中心地パペエテはフランス領ポリネシアの行政,経済,交通の中心でもある。 タヒチ島の〈発見者〉はドルフィン号を指揮するイギリス海軍のウォリス大尉で1767年のことであったが,翌年フランスのブーゲンビルもこの島を訪れ,第一発見者だと信じた。69年から4度島を訪れたキャプテン・クックは,島民についてすぐれた記録を書き残した。… ※「ウォリス,S.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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