Cook had almost encountered the mainland of…

August 1773 CE

Cook had almost encountered the mainland of Antarctica, but had turned towards Tahiti to resupply his ship.

The two ships of the second Cook expedition explore the southern Pacific.

Cook becomes the first European to sight Tekokota, one of the Tuamotu atolls, which he names as "Doubtful Island", on August 11.

The following day, Cook arrives at the uninhabited atoll Marutea Nord, which he names as "Furneaux Island".

The  expedition reaches Tahiti on August 15, 1773.

Cook now resumes his southward course in a second fruitless attempt to find the supposed continent.

At their next stop, Mai of Ra'iatea, who had met Samuel Wallis in 1767 and James Cook in 1769 in Tahiti, embarks from Huahine on Adventure, commanded by Tobias Furneaux.

He proves to be somewhat less knowledgeable about the Pacific than Tupaia had been on the first voyage.

Mistakenly known as Omai in Britain, Mai will become the second Pacific Islander to visit Europe before returning to Tahiti with Cook in 1776.

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Huahine Island Leeward Islands French Polynesia View →

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Anders Sparrman View → Charles Clerke View → Georg Forster View → George Vancouver View → James Burney View → James Cook View → Jean-Baptiste Charle Bouvet de Lozier View → Joseph Banks View → Omai View → Samuel Wallis View → Tobias Furneaux View → William Bayly View → William Hodges View → William Wales View →

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Exploration of Oceania, European View → Voyages of scientific exploration, European and American View → Cook, Second Voyage of James View →

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