Daniel Solander
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Daniel Carlsson Solander or Daniel Charles Solander was a Swedish naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.
Painting by William Parry made after Captain Cook's second voyage (c. 1775–1776). This depicts Omai, a Tahitian, Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander (seated).
Solander's grave in Brookwood Cemetery
Solander, by John Flaxman Jr., c. 1778, Wedgwood jasperware
lossy page 1 Carl von Linné, 1707 1778, botanist, professor Nationalmuseum 15723.tif
Mai (Ra'iatean man)
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Mai, also known as Omai in European countries, was a young Ra'iatean man who became the first Pacific Islander to visit Great Britain, and the second to visit European countries, after Ahutoru, who wa
Daniel Solander
…Daniel Solander FRS Painting by William Parry made after Captain Cook's second voyage (c. 1775–1776). This depicts Omai, a Tahitian, Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander (seated). Born 19 February 1733 Piteå, Norrbotten, Sweden Died 13 May 1782 (aged 49) London, England…
Portrait of Omai, a South Sea Islander who travelled to Great Britain with the second expedition of Captain Cook – Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1776
Omai of the Friendly Isles by Sir Joshua Reynolds, c.1774