<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Wallis" id="mwXQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Samuel Wallis">Samuel Wallis</a>, a British sea captain, sights <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahiti" id="mwXg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tahiti">Tahiti</a> and is considered the first European to reach the island.