Ep. 540: The Killing of Captain Cook
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Steven Rinella talks with Hampton Sides, Brody Henderson, Randall Williams, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.
Topics discussed: Hampton's new book, The Wide, Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook is now out; Hampton's oeuvre; Ep. 298: Cooking Captain Cook; where Captain Cook got killed in Hawaii; get our last "fresh set of eyes finds new beans" t-shirt before they're gone; the scientific paper from our Bison Butchery with Clovis Points video has been published--read the full paper here, as well as Steve's summary on our website; book your spot with MeatEater Experiences to join Steve and the crew on a fishing trip in Louisiana and a waterfowl hunting trip in Kansas; confusing Captain Cook with Captain Hook, Captain Kirk, and Captain Crunch; a skilled map maker; avoiding scurvy on the exploration by eating hunted and foraged foods; the Earl of Sandwich; the first written account of massage; an obsession with iron; eating cockroach excrement and a ton of turtle; body parts; and more.
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I have to say you got it wrong when it was said Captain Cook is best known for the way he was killed. The thing Captain Cook is known for is that he discovered the east coast of Australia and claimed it for the Bristish empire. Without this, Australia would not be the country it is today.