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400 years ago, a trio of tiny kingdoms were perched on some damp islands off the coast of Europe.

Within three short centuries, these islands would become the centre of an empire which ruled a quarter of the globe and on which the sun never set.

I'm Samuel Hume, a historian of the British Empire, and my podcast Pax Britannica follows the people and events that built that empire into a global superpower.

Learn the history of the British Empire by listening to Pax Britannica, everywhere you find your podcasts.

Or go to pod.link slash Pax.

The Civil War and Reconstruction was a pivotal era in American history.

When a war was fought to save the Union and to free the slaves.

And when the work to rebuild the nation after that war was over, turned into a struggle to guarantee liberty and justice for all Americans.

I'm Tracy and I'm Rich.

And we want to invite you to join us as we take an in-depth look at this pivotal era in American history.

Look for the Civil War and Reconstruction wherever you find your podcasts.

Greetings and welcome to the Explorer's podcast.

We are currently into our series on James Cook and the deep into his first voyage in which he will circumnavigate the world.

Cook had already reached Tahiti, gotten the astronomers a chance to catch the transit of Venus, mapped the region today we call the Society Islands,

and ventured south in search of Teraos, Strayless. He had not found the latter and we left him last time heading towards New Zealand.

Notes for the day are simple. Go to explorerpodcast.com if you want a map of Cook's voyage. That is it.

So endeavor would plow through the choppy waters of the South Pacific in September of 1769.

The crew was thrilled to have left behind the stormy and frigid southern ocean.

On October 5th of 1769, look out Nicholas Young's cited land, the first the crew had seen in many months.

Because of his keen eyesight, Young would earn himself a gallon of rum as a reward.

Cook and his crew had reached New Zealand. The first Europeans did do so since able Tasman over 100 years earlier.

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