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The Marquesas are one of the most remote island groups on Earth. Anchored in the Pacific, some 1,600 kilometers northeast of Tahiti, the very fact of the remote location of these islands is what has long captured the imagination of travelers. The idea of a typical South Seas getaway no doubt began with the novel "Typee," Herman Melville's best-selling 1846 memoir of his visit to the islands aboard an old whaler. The islands had notable moments in the 20th century for famous residents escaping... Air Tahiti, Marquesas Islands, Remote Location, National Airlines, Oceania Travel, Remote Island, French Polynesia, South Seas, South Pacific

The Marquesas are one of the most remote island groups on Earth. Anchored in the Pacific, some 1,600 kilometers northeast of Tahiti, the very fact of the remote location of these islands is what has long captured the imagination of travelers. The idea of a typical South Seas getaway no doubt began with the novel "Typee," Herman Melville's best-selling 1846 memoir of his visit to the islands aboard an old whaler. The islands had notable moments in the 20th century for famous residents…

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