Purea
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Purea was a Queen from the Landward Teva tribe and a self-proclaimed ruler of all Tahiti
. In 1767-68 Purea and her mate Amo built Mahaiatea, a place intended to be the ritual center of Tahiti.
Purea entered the European imagination as something between a traditional monarch and a queen of the fairies.
Tahiti
Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...
. In 1767-68 Purea and her mate Amo built Mahaiatea, a place intended to be the ritual center of Tahiti.
Purea entered the European imagination as something between a traditional monarch and a queen of the fairies.