Great Voyages

Tales of Captain Cook’s shipmates upend stories we’ve been told of ‘European’ exploration

Two men from Ra‘iatea island played a central role in the three voyages across the Pacific.

Kate Fullagar, The Conversation
· May 01, 2020 · 09:30 pm
How ancient port Arikamedu near Pondicherry was discovered by the real Count of Monte Cristo

He was a French astronomer who arrived in the coastal city in 1768 to witness a rare celestial event of Venus passing directly between the sun and the earth.

Anu Kumar
· Jun 28, 2015 · 04:30 pm