History Pukarua
flag of reao pukaruha
pukarua atoll first visited europeans in 1797, when british mariner james wilson sailing tongatapu marquesas on ship duff. found pukarua uninhabited, saw tokens of former occupancy. wilson named pukarua searle island after friend had in transport office in england.
thirty years later british explorer, frederick beechey, found pukarua inhabited polynesians.
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