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omai( mai). was it the resolution of 1775 or the adventure of 1774?

the resolution with captain james cook arrived back in spithead on the 30 july 1775, a year after the adventure. mai came to england on the adventure with captain tobias furneaux in july 1774. reference is ann salmond's 'the trial of the cannibal dog. regards, rupert bergin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.238.73.173 (talk) 13:29, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

In fact, Patrick O'Brian describes Mai's quoted greeting of King George III as "absurdly exagerrated". Banks' sister Sophia is said to have described the encounter as follows: "he dropped upon one knee & said How do you do King George, I hope you are very well". O'Brian suspects that this phrase "may possibly have been concocted as being suitable for a Polynesian". (O'Brian, P. (1987) Joseph Banks (Harvill Press) p. 181) T-fix (talk) 07:43, 29 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Spanish Flu

It would be strange for Mai to die in 1880 of a disease that was first documented in 1918. Can somebody pull up the source and see what it actually says? Isaac Rabinovitch (talk) 23:24, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

According to “Captain Cook and Omai” by E.H. McCormick, he may have died of sickness. I read elsewhere that he may have died of fever or been murdered for his possessions. I think in this case, it should be changed to “sickness” instead of Spanish Influenza. CorporalHicks16 (talk) 07:50, 23 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Bearian (talk) 02:24, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]