The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 191National Geographic Society., 1997 - Geography |
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... pearls are born . We flew in one of the three large planes Mr. Wan maintains to ferry his pearls and his 400 workers back and forth between Tahiti and his atolls . After a three - hour flight we arrived at Marutea . From the air it ...
... pearls are born . We flew in one of the three large planes Mr. Wan maintains to ferry his pearls and his 400 workers back and forth between Tahiti and his atolls . After a three - hour flight we arrived at Marutea . From the air it ...
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... pearls and golden light . Luminous against her skin , her necklace - two strands of black pearls worth two hundred thousand dollars -holds and reflects the magic of the Polynesian seas . Such pearls are not accidental gifts from the sea ...
... pearls and golden light . Luminous against her skin , her necklace - two strands of black pearls worth two hundred thousand dollars -holds and reflects the magic of the Polynesian seas . Such pearls are not accidental gifts from the sea ...
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... pearl oyster . I'm flying to meet a man known in this part of the world as the King of Pearls , Robert Wan . His company , Tahiti Perles , is by far the largest producer of pearls in French Polynesia . Scattered across the Tuamotus , his ...
... pearl oyster . I'm flying to meet a man known in this part of the world as the King of Pearls , Robert Wan . His company , Tahiti Perles , is by far the largest producer of pearls in French Polynesia . Scattered across the Tuamotus , his ...
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