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[maori130g]

Tupa'ia’s sketch of Joseph Banks at Uawa, exchanging bark cloth for a crayfish.

That painting, with the bright red crayfish, has been known for centuries, but only in the late 20th century was it credited to Tupaia.

Tupaia joined the Endeavour at his own wish. Molyneaux wrote: “Tobia [Tupaia] … has appeared always to be infinitely superior in every Respect to any other Indian we have met with, he has conceiv’d so strong a Freindship [sic] for Mr Banks that he is determined to visit Britannia.”

Banks, too, was delighted. In his Journal (July 12, 1769) he wrote (spelt here exactly as written): “He is certainly a most proper man, well born, cheif preist of this Island, consequently skilld in the mysteries of their religion; but what makes him more than anything desireable is his experience in the navigation of these people and knowledge of the Islands in these seas….” He added that he resolved to take Tupaia, because he had a “sufficiency” (i.e. could pay for him although the Government might not), then wrote: “I do not know why I may not keep him as a curiosity, as well as some of my neighbours do lions and tigers.” So, Tupaia, a lion of a man, became a supernumerary aboard the Endeavour. He drew a chart of the islands for Cook, predicted weather, taught his language to some, and learnt enough English to communicate.