Omai

Omai
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)
Huahine, Society Islands, Polynesia
Known for

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

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