Tupaia
Tupaia was a Polynesian navigator and priest who played a crucial role as a translator and intermediary between Indigenous peoples and European explorers during Captain Cook's first voyage, significantly aiding in the documentation of plant species by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander.
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Tupaia was a navigator who served as an essential link and translator between the naturalists and Polynesian societies.
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