Masana kimiyya sun yi imanin cewa Babban ƙaura na Polynesian ya faru ne a kusan 1500 BC yayin da mutanen Austronesian suka yi tafiya ta amfani da kewayawa ta sama don nemo tsibiran a Kudancin Tekun Fasifik. Tsibiran Faransanci na Faransanci da aka fara zama sune tsibirin Marquesas a kusan 200 BC. Daga baya 'yan Polynesia sun fara kudu maso yammacin kuma sun gano tsibirin Society a kusa da AD 300. Taron Turai ya fara ne a 1521 lokacin da mai binciken Fotigal Ferdinand Magellan, yana tafiya a cikin sabis na Sarautar Spain, ya ga Puka-Puka a cikin Gambier Archipelago. A cikin 1606 wani balaguron Mutanen Espanya a ƙarƙashin Pedro Fernandes de Queirós ya yi tafiya ta Polynesia yana ganin tsibirin da ke zaune a ranar 10 ga Fabrairu wanda suka kira shi (Bora Amaticaria), mai yiwuwa tsibirin na Kiristanci na Kiristanci ya kasance a ƙetaren gabar tekun Tahiti.
Shekaru 1768