Omai

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
Died	c. 1780 (aged 28–29); Huahine, Society Islands, Polynesia
Other names	Omai
Known for	Being the second Pacific Islander to visit Europe, and the first to visit Great Britain.; Being painted by Joshua Reynolds among others.;

Mai (c. 1753–1779^[1]), known as Omai in Europe, was a young Ra'iatean man who became the second Pacific Islander to visit Europe, after Ahutoru who was brought to Paris by Bougainville in 1768.

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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
Died	c. 1780 (aged 28–29)^[1] Huahine, Society Islands, Polynesia
Other names	Omai
Known for	Being the second Pacific Islander to visit Europe, and the first to visit Great Britain. Being painted by Joshua Reynolds among others.