c. 1725–1770
Tahitian navigator and priest whose star knowledge mapped the Pacific.
Tupaia (c. 1725–1770) endures among the great of Oceania. Tahitian navigator and priest whose star knowledge mapped the Pacific.
Across the early modern age, this life and its works passed into the shared inheritance of humankind — kept here so the memory is never lost.
Honored among the Great Ones of every civilization. Africa is the cradle of humankind; in the deepest sense, these are everyone’s ancestors — and so this name is kept, from the cradle of humanity to all its children.
Submitted with honor.
Submitted by the Honored Ancestors Editorial Committee.
