The Pacific Ocean and Global Encounters: Exploring Cook's First Voyage
Explore the fascinating encounters of Captain James Cook and Tahitian priest Tupaia during Cook's first voyage from May 1768 to July 1771. The collaboration between Cook and Tupaia, with their shared knowledge of navigation, astronomy, and history, sheds light on the exploration of the Pacific Ocean and its impacts on global history.
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The Pacific Ocean and global encounters HI3T5 week 7
Map showing part of the Pacific Ocean, created by Captain James Cook and Tupaia (Tahitian priest)
Cooks first voyage May 1768 July 1771, Endeavour Joint Admiralty Royal Society expedition: astronomy, commerce, conquest Tupaia born around 1725 in Ra iatea, near Tahiti ariori (high-ranking priest) with knowledge of navigation, history, astronomy Tupaia and Cook meet on Tahiti in 1769 Tupaia joins the Endeavour as companion to Joseph Banks
James Poskett, Pacific Navigators, in Horizons: A Global History of Science (Penguin, 2022), pp. 112-125 Anne Salmond, Fountain of Fish: Moana / Sea (chap. 11) Tears of Rangi: Experiments Across Worlds (Auckland University Press, 2017)
