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Omai

For other uses, see Omai (disambiguation).
Omai
Portrait of Omai by Joshua Reynolds, painted in 1776.
Portrait of Omai, a South Sea Islander who travelled to England with the second expedition of Captain Cook – Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1776
Born
Mai

c. 1751
Ra'iatea, Society Islands, Polynesia
Diedc. 1780 (aged 28–29)[1]
Huahine, Society Islands, Polynesia
Known for
Omai of the Friendly Isles by Sir Joshua Reynolds, c.1774
William Parry's painting Sir Joseph Banks with Omai and Dr Daniel Solander, circa 1775–76

Mai (c. 1753–1779[1]), also known as Omai in Europe,[a] was a young Ra'iatean man who became the first Pacific Islander to visit England,[2] and the second to visit Europe, after Ahutoru who was brought to Paris by Bougainville in 1768.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Connaughton was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Omai". Royal Museums Greenwich. Retrieved 17 October 2024.


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