In the winter of 1769, the British explorer Captain James Cook, early into his first voyage across the Pacific, received from a Polynesian priest named Tupaia an astonishing gift—a map ...

THE consideration of Cook as the ‘physician’ rather than the astronomer, surveyor and explorer well deserves this pleasant story. It is the central theme, which the author is well qualified to ...

Tupaia joined Captain Cook's first voyage at Tahiti in July 1769, acting as guide, interpreter and diplomat until his death in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 11 November 1770. According to Anne, Tupaia had a ...