EUTUROA, eRaiatea—Ukapteni uJames Cook, umkhenkethi omkhulu wePasifiki, wayengumntu wokuqala waseYurophu “ukufumanisa” iRaiatea, xa wamisa iEndeavor kwichibi laseOpoa, emazantsi apha, ngoJulayi 1769. Okuhlekisayo kukuba sisibakala sokuba intle kakhulu "ayifunyaniswanga" yintshona namhlanje enika esi siqithi sichumileyo umtsalane.
Ngokungafaniyo neziqithi zaseFrench Polynesia ezingabamelwane ezifana neTahiti, iBora Bora kunye neMoorea, kunye neendawo zabo zokungcebeleka ezilungiselelwe ukhenketho oluninzi olusuka kuMntla Merika kunye ne-Australia / New Zealand, iRaiatea ayinayo isiseko sokhenketho esiphuhliswe kakuhle.
Oko kuthetha ukuba ngeendlela ezininzi zibuyelela kuMzantsi Pasifiki wamandulo, isiqithi esinobuthongo anokuthi uW. Somerset Maugham, umbhali weeLwandle eziMazantsi kwikota yokuqala yenkulungwane edluleyo, asifumane siqhelekile namhlanje.
I-Uturoa liziko lolawulo lwesi siqithi, kodwa iseyidolophu encinci eyozelayo ephila kuphela xa inqanawa yokuhamba ngenqanawa ifika kwaye ngeemva kwemini ngeCawa xa abantu begalela bevela kwiilali ezingaphandle ngenxa yokulwa kwamaqhude kwibala lendawo. Ibekwe ngasemva kangangokuba abaqhubi abagcini ngokushiya iifestile zemoto zivuliwe xa kutshisa emini, bade bashiye iingcango zivuliwe.
Le dolophu yakhiwa ngeminyaka yee-1820 xa uMfundisi uJohn Williams weLondon Missionary Society waqalisa ukusasaza ubuKristu kwiziqithi ezikuMzantsi Pasifiki. Icawa yamaProtestanti emantla edolophu inelitye lesikhumbuzo legranite elimnyama likaWilliams, elinophawu ngeelwimi ezininzi.
Kodwa, okumangalisayo kukuba, akukho sikhumbuzo sika-Omai, inzalelwane yaseRaiatea eyayingumntu wokuqala wasePolynesia ukubonwa eBritani. UCaptain Cook, kuhambo lwakhe lwesibini oluya kwiiSouth Seas ngowe-1773, waba ngumhlobo ka-Omai waza wabuyela naye nolu lutsha.
"Isigebenga esikhohlakeleyo" saba yinto edlalwa kwangoko kwiisaluni zaseLondon. Amagcisa abalaseleyo ampeyinta (umfanekiso kaJoshua Reynolds ujinga kwiTate Gallery yaseLondon). Kwaye waziswa kuKumkani uGeorge III kunye noKumkanikazi uCharlotte eKew Palace.
I-Raiatean yaphinda yachukumisa kakhulu uGqr. Samuel Johnson, umbhali omkhulu kunye nombhali wesichazi-magama (kunye nendoda eyaqulunqa isichazi-magama sokuqala sesiNgesi).
UOmai wachitha iminyaka emibini eNgilani ngaphambi kokuba abuyele kuMzantsi Pasifiki noCook, ekhonza njengomguquleli eTonga nakwiZiqithi zeSociety, ngaphambi kokuba uCook amhlalise kwisiqithi saseHuahine, apho abasebenzi balapho bamakhela khona indlu.
UCook uye wahlala phantsi, emva kokuba etyhoboze idike elijikelezileyo, eTe Ava Moa Pass. Lo mhlaba uhlonitshwa ePolynesia njengendawo yokusuka yamaphenyane amakhulu athwele abantu abafudukayo ukuya kufumanisa iHawaii neNew Zealand. Kufutshane kukho imarae (igama elithetha indawo engcwele) ebizwa ngokuba yiTaputapuatea. Itempile yamatye, enikezelwe kuthixo wamandulo wasePolynesia uOro, yabuyiselwa ngeminyaka yoo-1960. Inaba malunga nehektare [2 1/2 yeehektare].
I-Raiatea idume ngokuba ngabahambi bomlilo, abantu bomthonyama abanganxibanga zihlangu abahamba phezu kwamalahle ashushu. Bubuchule obanikelwa busuka kuyise ukuya kunyana wakhe, kodwa, okumangalisayo kukuba, abakhenkethi abafane bayibone isenziwa apha kuba, ndixelelwa ukuba, abacimi bomlilo baxhwilwa ziindawo ezinkulu zokuchithela iiholide eTahiti naseBora Bora, ezibeka imiboniso ukuze zibonise umboniso. iindwendwe zabo. UKUFIKELELA
