Tupaia, approximately 1725-1770
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Name (Latin)
Tupaia, approximately 1725-1770
Other forms of name
nnea Tupaia, d. 1770
Tobia, approximately 1725-1770
Tupaea, approximately 1725-1770
Tupia, approximately 1725-1770
Date of birth
1725~
Date of death
1770-12-20
Place of death
Jakarta (Indonesia)
Place of residence/headquarters
Raiatea (French Polynesia)
Occupation
Explorers
Priests Translators
Navigators
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Druett, Joan. Tupaia, c2011:ECIP t.p. (Tupaia)
- Wikipedia, Aug. 25, 2010(Tupaia (navigator)--an 18th Century Tahitian navigator, arioi ("high priest") of local noble lineage, who accompanied Lt. James Cook as navigational guide on the latter's famous first voyage of discovery in HM Bark Endeavour. Tupaia died in Batavia of the disease Malaria in 1770 whilst Lt. James Cook visited the dry docks for urgent repairs to the HM Bark Endeavour.)
- An authentic account of the natives of Othaittee, or George's Isand, 1771(Our friend and interpreter, Tobia (a priest))
- Wikipedia, Feb. 22, 2023(Tupaia (also spelled Tupaea or Tupia; c. 1725 - December 20, 1770) was a Tahitian Polynesian navigator and arioi (a kind of priest), originally from the island of Ra'iatea in the Pacific Islands group known to Europeans as the Society Islands. His remarkable navigational skills and Pacific geographical knowledge were to be utilised by Lt. James Cook, R.N. when he took him aboard HMS Endeavour as guide on its voyage of exploration to Terra Australis Incognita. Tupaia travelled with Cook to New Zealand, acting as the expedition's interpreter to the Polynesian Māori, and Australia. He died in December 1770 from a shipborne illness contracted when Endeavour was docked in Batavia for repairs ahead of its return journey to England.)