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... Cook spent over a year there in all . Cook found from the Tahitians that a Spanish expedi- tion had come from Lima in Peru and left on Tahiti some priests and retainers , taking back with them four Tahitians when they left ; that later ...
... Cook spent over a year there in all . Cook found from the Tahitians that a Spanish expedi- tion had come from Lima in Peru and left on Tahiti some priests and retainers , taking back with them four Tahitians when they left ; that later ...
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... Cook visited Tahiti in the Endeavour in 1769 , he met Tupia , a chief of the Tahitian island of Raiatea , who had been defeated and driven to Tahiti . Tupia claimed a considerable knowledge of the surrounding islands , and was taken by Cook ...
... Cook visited Tahiti in the Endeavour in 1769 , he met Tupia , a chief of the Tahitian island of Raiatea , who had been defeated and driven to Tahiti . Tupia claimed a considerable knowledge of the surrounding islands , and was taken by Cook ...
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... Cook and his companions on the first voyage . Cook includes Anderson's refutation in his journal which is intended for publication . Cook gives accidental voyages as an explanation of the peopling of the farther islands . It cannot be ...
... Cook and his companions on the first voyage . Cook includes Anderson's refutation in his journal which is intended for publication . Cook gives accidental voyages as an explanation of the peopling of the farther islands . It cannot be ...
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accidental migrants accidental settlement accidental voyages adzes Aitutaki America ancestors arrived Atiu atolls blown Buck canoe canoe with women Caroline Islanders central belt century Chathams colonization contact areas Cook Cook's course deliberate voyages derived distance distant islands double canoe early east Easter Island Eastern Polynesia Ellice Islands European contact evidence fact farther islands Fiji Fijians Fornander Gill groups Hawaii Hawaiian Hebrides journeys knew knowledge Kotzebue kumara land later long voyages Mangaia Mangareva Manihiki Maori Marianas Marquesas Micronesian migration miles missionaries moa-hunter moas Moerenhout navigation nesian North Island Ocean off-shore voyages Pacific Islands Pitcairn Poly Polynesian cultures Polynesian islands Polynesian Society Journal Ponape population pre-European prevailing winds Raiatea Raivivae Rarotonga recorded Rotuma Rurutu sailing Samoa Savaii ships shows stars storms Tahiti Tahiti-Tuamotu Tahitian Tahitian islands tion Tokelaus Tongan traditional names Tuamotus Tumutevarovaro Tupia two-way contact uninhabited vessels visited westerlies Williams winds and currents Zealand