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Omai's Public Entry on his first landing at Otaheite, from the 'Journal of Captain Cook's...

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Omai's Public Entry on his first landing at Otaheite, from the 'Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, on Discovery...' by John Rickman, 1781 (engraving)
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English School, (18th century) / English
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British Library, London, UK
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engraving
Date
1781 AD (C18th AD)
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Mai (c.1751-1780), mistakenly known as Omai in Britain, was a young Ra'iatean man who became the second Pacific Islander to visit Europe, after Ahu-toru who was brought to Paris by Bougainville in 1768.

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