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thumb|200px|Costume design for the character of Purea, for the pantomime Omai by Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1785 thumb|250px|Captain Samuel Wallis of HMS Dolphin being received by Purea, July 1767 Purea, Tevahine-'ai-roro-atua-i-Ahurai, also called Oborea (floruit 1769), was a queen from the Landward Teva tribe and a self-proclaimed ruler of all Tahiti. Queen Purea is known from the first famous European expeditions to Tahiti. She ruled as chieftainess of her tribe area in 1767–1768, when she was encountered by the expedition of Samuel Wallis.

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thumb|200px|Costume design for the character of Purea, for the pantomime Omai by Philip James de Loutherbourg, 1785 thumb|250px|Captain Samuel Wallis of HMS Dolphin being received by Purea, July 1767 Purea, Tevahine-'ai-roro-atua-i-Ahurai, also called Oborea (floruit 1769), was a queen from the Landward Teva tribe and a self-proclaimed ruler of all Tahiti. Queen Purea is known from the first famous European expeditions to Tahiti. She ruled as chieftainess of her tribe area in 1767–1768, when she was encountered by the expedition of Samuel Wallis.

==Life== ===Early life=== Purea's mother was the high chieftainess of the Ahurai marae in Faʻaʻā. Purea married Amo, a member of the Teva clan and high chief of Papara. Their marriage ended with the birth of their son Teri'irere, and Tupaia became her lover.

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