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Historian Hampton Sides joins the show to talk about The Wide Wide Sea, his riveting new book about Captain James Cook's final—and fatal—expedition in 1776. We get into:
Why Cook lost his cool on his last voyage
What really happened in Hawaii
The crew's wild sexual escapades in the South Pacific
What this story reveals about power, empire, and the price of discovery
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Historian Hampton Sides joins the show to talk about The Wide Wide Sea, his riveting new book about Captain James Cook's final—and fatal—expedition in 1776. We get into:
Why Cook lost his cool on his last voyage
What really happened in Hawaii
The crew's wild sexual escapades in the South Pacific
What this story reveals about power, empire, and the price of discovery
Subscribe to my Substack @ JonSmallTalk

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