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Tahiti: Self portrait of Tupaia, Captain Cook's Polynesian navigator, bartering a lobster (c. 1769).

Tupaia, a native of Raieatea, fled to Tahiti to escape attacking forces from Bora Bora island. A man of clear intelligence, he acted as intermediary, translator, and explicator of Polynesian society for visiting European vessels. On Cook's arrival in 1769, Tupaia went on board Cook's voyage to New Zealand, Australia, and Java, where Tupaia eventually died after falling ill.

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Title: Tahiti: Self portrait of Tupaia, Captain Cook's Polynesian navigator, bartering a lobster (c. 1769).

Caption: Tupaia, a native of Raieatea, fled to Tahiti to escape attacking forces from Bora Bora island. A man of clear intelligence, he acted as intermediary, translator, and explicator of Polynesian society for visiting European vessels. On Cook's arrival in 1769, Tupaia went on board Cook's voyage to New Zealand, Australia, and Java, where Tupaia eventually died after falling ill.

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Image size: 5115 × 3442 px | 50.4 MB

Print size: 43.3 × 29.1 cm | 2013.8 × 1355.1 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ART • ARTS • BOAT • BOATS • CAPTAIN COOK • DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION • FRENCH POLYNESIA • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORICAL IMAGES • HISTORICAL PICTURES • HISTORICAL • HISTORY IMAGES • HISTORY PICTURES • HISTORY • HISTORY. • LEGEND • MARÍTIMA • MARITIME • PACIFIC • PAINT • PAINTING • PAINTINGS • POLYNESIA • POLYNESIAN FOLK ART • POLYNESIAN • POYNESIAN • SHIP • SHIPS BOW • SHIPS • SOUTH PACIFIC • TAHITI • TAHITIAN • TUPAIA • VESSEL