...on April 2 sees the peak of…

April 1767 CE

...on April 2 sees the peak of Mehetia and visits the island of Otaheite shortly after.

He has narrowly missed becoming their discoverer; a previous visit and claim had been made by British explorer Samuel Wallis in HMS Dolphin less than a year previously.

Bougainville claims the island for France and names it New Cythera.

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Tahiti Island Tahiti Island French Polynesia View →

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Jeanne Baret View → Louis XV of France View → Louis-Antoine de Bougainville View → Philibert Commerson View → Pierre-Antoine Véron View → Samuel Wallis View →

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France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View →

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Voyages of scientific exploration, European and American View → Enlightenment, Age of View →

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Watercraft View → Exploration View → Government View → Cartography View → Botany View → Astronomy View → Geography View →

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