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Lee Boo (c. 1764–1784)  

Maker: Henry Kingsbury

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25 May 2006
Lee Boo (c. 1764–1784) by Henry Kingsbury, pubd 1788 (after Georgiana Keate) © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Lee Boo (c. 1764–1784), first visitor to Britain from Palau  

Elizabeth Baigent

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Lee Boo (c. 1764–1784), first visitor to Britain from Palau, was the second son (possibly the adoptive son) of the ibedul or ruler of Palau (fl. 1764–1791), whose name is unknown. On 9 August 1783 on her return journey from China, the ...

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Omai (c. 1753–c. 1780)  

Maker: Sir Joshua Reynolds

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
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Omai (c. 1753–c. 1780), first Tahitian to visit England  

John Gascoigne

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Omai (c. 1753–c. 1780), first Tahitian to visit England, was taken to England in July 1774 by Captain Furneaux, commander of the Adventure (sister ship of Cook's Resolution), and returned by Cook in November 1777, having left England the previous July. He appears to have been born about 1753 on the island of ...