"the lad taiyota, native of otaheite, in the dress of his country," engraved by r. B. Godfrey. S. Parkinson, a voyage to the south seas (1773), pl. Ix, fp. 66. Tupaia took taiata, a servant-boy, with him on hms endeavour. Taiata’s experiences were described in the officers’ journals only occasionally, but this engraving of him has survived, based on a lost sketch by sydney parkinson. Taiata died on 17 december 1770, three days before tupaia. Date: circa 1769-1770; published in 1823.
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