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To obtain a navigational quadrant that had been stolen by this island's people, a man followed their custom of drawing a circle on the ground, sitting in it, and negotiating. The first king of this island's Pōmare Dynasty acquired firearms from a band of mutineers who were later captured by the HMS Pandora. (0[1])An observatory was built on this island by James Cook to track the 1769 transit of Venus. Before settling (*) Pitcairn Island, (10[1])Fletcher Christian (10[1])abducted (10[1])women from this island, where he had earlier gathered breadfruit for the HMS Bounty. (10[1]0[1])The most famous resident of this island's town of Pape'ete (0[1])was Paul Gauguin (10[1])("go-GAN"). For 10 points, name this island which contains the capital of modern-day French Polynesia. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

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