Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

1. Mai and the European Discovery of Tahiti

2. Between Voyages

3. The Voyage of H.M.S. Adventure

4. Mr. Banks, Lord Monboddo, Dr. Hawkesworth, and Others

5. The Advent of Omai

6. Omai in Society

7. Omai and the Return of the Resolution

8. Omai’s Farewell

9. Omai on the Resolution

10. Omai’s Homecoming

11. The End of Omai

12. Omai in Europe — the Literary Aftermath

Postscript

Sources

Manuscripts

Publications

References to Sources

Index