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Tupaia
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Author_Joan A. Druett
Banks
British Social Stratification
Captain James
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Cook
Daily Life on a Late-1700s Sailing Ship
Diet
Endeavor
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First Encounters between Europeans and Polynesians
First European Arrivals in the Pacific
HMS
How Polynesian Customs Spread to Europe
Impact of Europe on Polynesia
Introduction of Western Diseases to the Pacific
Joseph
New Zealand Warfare
Religion in Tahiti
Scurvy
Sexual Attitude
Social Stratification in Tahiti
Syphilis
Tahiti Warfare
Tattooing
Product details
- ISBN 9780313387487
- Weight: 567g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 18 Nov 2010
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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This book offers a biography of the unacknowledged Tahitian navigator who was essential to the success and eventual fame of Captain Cook's historic voyage on the Endeavour.
Tupaia was the brilliant Polynesian navigator and translator who sailed with Captain James Cook from Tahiti, piloted the Endeavour across the South Pacific, and interceded on behalf of the European voyagers with the warrior Maori of New Zealand. As a man of high social ranking, Tupaia was also invaluable as an intermediary, interpreting local rituals and ceremonies. Joseph Banks, the botanist with Cook's expedition, is famous for describing the manners and customs of the Polynesian people in detail. Much of the credit for this information rightfully belongs to Tupaia—indeed, he could aptly be called the Pacific's first anthropologist.
Despite all this, Tupaia's colorful tale has never been part of the popular Captain Cook legend. This unique book tells the first-contact story with Europeans as seen through the eyes of the Polynesians, and documents how Tupaia's contributions changed the history of the Pacific.
Joan Druett is a professional writer.
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