Ebook: Tupaia: the remarkable story of Captain Cook's Polynesian navigator
Author: Cook James, Druett Joan, Tupaia
- Tags: Tupaia, -1770, Cook James, 1728-1779, Explorers, French Polynesia, Tahiti (Island), Biography, Oceania, Discovery and exploration, Discoveries in geography, Explorers, French Polynesia, Tahiti (Island), Oceania
- Year: 2013
- Publisher: Read How You Want
- City: French Polynesia--Tahiti (Island),
- Edition: Large print edition
- Language: English
- epub
The remarkable story of Tupaia, Captain Cook's Polynesian navigator. Winner of NZ Post 2012 Best General Non fiction Book Award. Tupaia, lauded by Europeans as 'an extraordinary genius', sailed with Captain Cook from Tahiti, piloted the Endeavour about the South Pacific, and interceded with Maori in NZ. Tupaia, a gifted linguist, a brilliant orator, and a most devious politician, could aptly be called the Read more...
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Tupaia, lauded by Europeans as 'an extraordinary genius', sailed with Captain Cook from Tahiti, piloted the Endeavour about the South Pacific, and interceded with Maori in NZ. His story has never Read more...
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