Record ID:
65275922 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Description conventions:
  • rda
LC number:
  • n 2010055645
Heading:
Birth:
  • Raiatea, Society Islands
Death:
  • 1770
  • Batavia, Dutch East Indies
Occupations:
  • Tahitian navigator, artist, and arioi ("high priest")
Used for:
  • Tupaia, d. 1770
Notes:
  • Druett, Joan. Tupaia, c2011 ECIP t.p. (Tupaia)
  • Wikipedia, Aug. 25, 2010 (Tupaia (navigator)--an 18th Century Tahitian navigator, arioi ("high priest") of local noble lineage, who accompanied Lt. James Cook as navigational guide on the latter's famous first voyage of discovery in HM Bark Endeavour. Tupaia died in Batavia of the disease Malaria in 1770 whilst Lt. James Cook visited the dry docks for urgent repairs to the HM Bark Endeavour.)
Local system number:
  • (AuCNL)919207
Cataloguing source:
  • DLC eng rda DLC DLC ANL