Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0313387486 ISBN 13: 9780313387487

Casa editrice: Praeger, 2010

This book offers a biography of the unacknowledged Tahitian navigator who was essential to the success and eventual fame of Captain Cook's historic voyage on the Endeavour.

· A detailed, four-year chronology from 1767–1770

· Six pieces of iconic artwork created by Tupaia himself are included, providing a rare glimpse into a long-gone people

· An image of Tupaia's chart, drawn to demonstrate his vast knowledge of the Pacific to Captain Cook

Book Description:

He was an expert navigator who drew a chart of the Pacific encompassing 2,500 miles and locating nearly 100 islands totally unknown to Europeans, despite having no experience as a mapmaker. This man was also a translator, an artist, a high priest, a brilliant orator, and a most devious politician. A European erudite? No, merely the greatest known Polynesian navigator of the 18th century.

About the Author:

Joan Druett, a multi award-winning independent historian and writer who lives in Wellington, New Zealand, is the author of Island of the Lost, In the Wake of Madness, Hen Frigates and She Captains.