Poedua
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thumb|Princess Poedua by John Webber, 1777. Poedua (circa 1758 – ?) was a princess, daughter of Orea (Orio), King of Ulietea (Raiatea). She was taken hostage together with her father, brother, and husband during the third voyage of James Cook in exchange for two sailors that had deserted onto the island. The hostages were enticed on board and imprisoned until Orea secured the return of the deserters.
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Vinony's link graph records 2 inbound references to Poedua, and connects out to James Cook, French Polynesia and Polynesia.
It is catalogued under topics including 1750s births, French Polynesian royalty and People from Raiatea.
Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Raiatea
- Occupation
- aristocrat
- Languages spoken
- Tahitian
- Noble title
- princess
- Image
- 'The Tahitian Princess Poedua', painted by John Webber.jpg
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- Commons category
- Poedua
- date of birth
- 1758-00-00
- date of death
- 1780-00-00
- manner of inhumane treatment
- kidnapping
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thumb|Princess Poedua by John Webber, 1777. Poedua (circa 1758 – ?) was a princess, daughter of Orea (Orio), King of Ulietea (Raiatea). She was taken hostage together with her father, brother, and husband during the third voyage of James Cook in exchange for two sailors that had deserted onto the island. The hostages were enticed on board and imprisoned until Orea secured the return of the deserters.
For many contemporaries John Webber's portrait of Poedua epitomized the sensual image of the South Sea maiden.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Poedua” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.