Heaven on earth, on the other side of the world, a dream island made of turquoise lagoons and surrounded with deep blue seas, this is how the myth was born, as reported by European discoverers. The myth lives on, but there's much more to know about it. Tahiti is just one of the many islands of French Polynesia, comprised of 5 archipelagos (Société, Tuamotu, Gambier, Australes and Marquises) spread amongst a huge ocean territory as big as all of Europe.