I first encountered Tupaia while researching Captain Samuel Wallis and the European discovery of Tahiti, and the subsequent voyages of James Cook and William Bligh,' Anne explains. 'In both Wallis's ...

Captain Cook was sent as far south as possible to determine ... and distributed to people in more than 30 locations including Tahiti, Easter Island and New Zealand. Gareth Wasp, of RWB Auctions ...

which he was instructed not to open until he landed in Tahiti, to go exploring around the land. Over the years, Captain Cook ...

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 ...