Final Days of Captain Cook

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

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🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

The violent death of Captain James Cook, British explorer, on a Hawaiian beach in 1779 has become the stuff of legend. Should we believe the story that's been handed down? How should we remember a man who means so many different things to so many different people?

Anthony Delaney tells Maddy Pelling the story of the Final Days of Captain Cook.

Edited by Tomos Delargy. Produced by Freddy Chick and Charlotte Long.

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0:00.0	Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by on track to your destination.
0:11.1	Not a care in the world as you simply lean back and before you know it, you're there.
0:16.7	Travel by train from London to Liverpool from just 25 pounds.
0:20.8	Avanti West Coast.
0:22.2	Feel good travel.
0:23.8	Exclusions and limitations apply.
0:25.6	Full terms and conditions can be founded at avantiwestcoastcoast.com.
0:28.6	UK forward slash plan.
0:35.9	Hawaii, February 1779.
0:40.3	Captain James Cook, supposedly one of the world's greatest explorers, should be enjoying his retirement by now.
0:48.3	His illustrious career has seen him become the first navigator to cross the Antarctic Circle, create the first
0:55.9	accurate map of the Pacific Ocean, and claim both New Zealand and Eastern Australia in the
1:01.8	name of King George III. And, after being personally promoted to the post of captain by the
1:08.0	king himself, it was assumed he would slow down and enjoy the
1:12.3	spoils of his achievements on land, with his family at home near St. Paul's in London, England.
1:18.7	But at the age of 47, he could not resist one last mission.
1:25.4	He wanted to find the Northwest Passage, which was believed to link the Atlantic
1:30.3	and Pacific Oceans, and, if found, would open up efficient trade routes and, more importantly,
1:36.5	secure his legacy. Little did he know he would never return. This is the history of the
1:43.2	final days of Captain James Cook. Hello and welcome to After Dark, I'm Maddie.
2:16.1	And I'm Anthony.
2:54.1	And today we are talking about the final days, part indeed of our final day's mini-series of Captain James Cook. Listeners, you've been really enjoying these episodes. We've had loads of great feedback. And so we're back with another one. And we have a long list of historical figures to get through. So don't fear those of you put ideas forward. They are coming. But we're going to begin with Captain James Cook. A, I think it's fair to say from the offset, controversial figure, someone formative in our ideas of global history, of history of Britain, of naval exploration, of European ideals of enlightenment, and the racist under and overtones that
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