(Our word came from Polynesian languages such as Tahitian and Samoan and was introduced to English speakers by the explorer Capt. James Cook (who also gave us the word taboo). The earliest use of the verb tattoo in English is found in 1769 in his account of a voyage around the world from 1768 to 1771. Cook also used a noun in his writings of 1769 but treated it as a native word so he is not given credit for the first use of the noun in English (recorded in 1777). This quote helps discribe the word tattoo and it shows where tattooing was originated and also how Captin James Cook went out and discovered tattoo first hand in other cultures. Captin James Cook had recorded everything from when he set sailed to when he found people with tattoos. All of the recordings that Cook had made in his discovery are not found but there are some that have been found and have so far been published in library and museums.
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