Just as he was about to head off, James Cook was told that he had to take on a new group of people on his expedition, which caused a number of issues. However, the Royal Society were adament they come along. The leader of these late arrivals was none other than famed botanist Joesph Banks, who will become a key player in our story. Today, we talk about who he was and why he wanted to sail to the South Pacific.

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Now that we have looked at the HMB Endeavour, it's worth introducing the colourful cast of characters that will be sailing her. From lofty lieutenants all the way down to salty seamen!

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We look more closely at the ship that will be taking Cook and his crew into the Pacific for his first voyage, such as how she was acquired by the Royal Navy, her overall physical characteristics and how she was modified to be fit for this expedition.

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What was Cook's first voyage actually hoping to achieve? What was the background of the collaboration between the Royal Society and the Admiralty? The answers to these questions and more in this episode!

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Here he is, the big one! Today we look at the childhood and early career of possibly the most famous person in New Zealand's history; James Cook.

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For the final part of our tour across the globe we head to the chiller parts of Europe to see what was going on for them during this exciting period!

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The pope is dead, time to elect a new pope!

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Today we continue heading further west to hear about two great friends with rather exciting futures ahead of them!

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Today we continue our world tour as we talk about what was going on in India and Iran in the year 1769 with the History of Fresh Produce and the History of Persia!

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As we are approaching a rather pivotal point in Aotearoa's history, I thought it might be good to take some time to get some context of what else is going in around the world (and also give you something interesting to listen to while I work on the next set of episodes!). So over the next few weeks, we will be having a series of guests telling us all about their area of interest! This week we have Chris from the History of China podcast.

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