2/8: The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook Hardcover – April 9, 2024 by Hampton Sides (Author)
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2/8: The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook Hardcover – April 9, 2024 by Hampton Sides (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Wide-Sea-Imperial-Ambition-Contact/dp/0385544766/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&dib_tag=se&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xvSnWMwZwkRk3nB_oha-u7YL0k9kTC4voIQCoSWDz75eZXBRk_ZvRqUZ_P6pMaemKHJ8AhEdiyCpLrikQsp9iSIHNpX0v0n71kJqmCUW1VujrRMuDnenOyoWd5NtaDroImV4hSJ-hXf41L0HQmBS2q4Ws_PUqdVAXpvxskDgbzkPGE54c4xCqXxznyoRsahmmC7zXsNKkmipQCOKWZt728zHdG1ntVV4xSjkKJdX0v4.qQvWTGgLh4U5mw9t7ELNeecNVMkHQl35VNFyULPNX4g&qid=1720822146&sr=8-1
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| 0:00.0 | Ah, she's brilliant. Miss, I finally got plans out the group chat. We get it. Four votes for a festival, |
| 0:05.9 | three for a city break. It's hard to adhere to everyone's needs. There's Betty with her oversized |
| 0:10.2 | tent. Sarah and her six foot eight boyfriend. |
| 0:13.1 | All right. |
| 0:14.0 | Roger Junior and his dog, Roger Senior. |
| 0:16.8 | And don't get us started on Mel. |
| 0:19.4 | But, like a marriage counselor, she's the one keeping things together. |
| 0:22.8 | All aboard Miss I finally got plans out the group chat. |
| 0:25.8 | Keep everyone's plans alive when you travel with us. |
| 0:28.1 | P, and O'Ferees, there is another way. |
| 0:30.0 | This is TVSI and the world. I'm John Bachelor with Hampton's sides. His new book is The |
| 0:36.4 | Wide Sea. Imperial ambition and first contact of the United Kingdom in the late 18th century, |
| 0:44.3 | co-terminus with the American Revolution |
| 0:47.5 | and a lot of other changes going on in Europe, |
| 0:50.2 | a war that will last for some years between Spain and France and Britain. |
| 0:55.0 | But at the same time, there's discovery at hand and Captain James Cook is now given the third voyage with his mission to find the northwest passage. |
| 1:04.8 | Somewhere north of what they understand to be Alaska, the maps are very in exact. |
| 1:11.3 | Some suggestion that the maps are deliberately in exact because the Russians are fearful |
| 1:16.9 | that the Europeans will show up and grab the best land, the best ports in the Northern Pacific. We're now going to crew the third voyage |
| 1:26.2 | thanks to Hamptit's research. The Whitby cat is what he's going to sail called |
| 1:31.8 | Resolution. He is first off Cat is what he's going to sail called resolution. |
| 1:34.0 | His first officers are important here. |
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