The remarkable story of Tupaia, Captain Cook's Polynesian navigator. Winner of NZ Post 2012 Best General Non fiction Book Award. Tupaia, lauded by Europeans as 'an extraordinary genius', sailed with Captain Cook from Tahiti, piloted the Endeavour about the South Pacific, and interceded with Maori in NZ. Tupaia, a gifted linguist, a brilliant orator, and a most devious politician, could aptly be called the Machiavelli of Tahiti. Being highly skilled in astronomy, navigation, and meteorology, and an expert in the geography of the Pacific, he was able to name directional stars and predict landfalls and weather throughout the voyage from Tahiti to Java.库克船长的波利尼西亚航海家图帕亚的非凡故事。2012年新西兰邮报最佳一般非小说类图书奖得主。被欧洲人称赞为“非凡天才”的图帕亚号与来自塔希提岛的库克船长一起航行，在南太平洋附近驾驶“奋进号”，并在新西兰与毛利人斡旋。图帕亚是一位天赋异禀的语言学家，一位才华横溢的演说家，一位最狡猾的政治家，可以恰当地称之为塔希提岛的马基雅维利。他精通天文学、航海和气象学，是太平洋地理专家，能够命名定向星，并在从塔希提岛到爪哇岛的整个航程中预测登陆和天气。