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bob10
29th April 2020, 07:02 AM
The indigenous peoples of the Pacific see Cook through different eyes.

Explorer, navigator, coloniser: revisit Captain Cook’s legacy with the click of a mouse (https://theconversation.com/explorer-navigator-coloniser-revisit-captain-cooks-legacy-with-the-click-of-a-mouse-137390?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20 for%20April%2029%202020%20-%201606915400&utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20f or%20April%2029%202020%20-%201606915400+CID_c24312ca51c69f129c170ff420219597&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=Explorer%20navigator%20coloniser%20revisi t%20Captain%20Cooks%20legacy%20with%20the%20click% 20of%20a%20mouse)

bob10
29th April 2020, 07:08 AM
Aotearoa , time to interpret a painful history.

My ancestors met Cook in Aotearoa 250 years ago. For us, it's time to reinterpret a painful history (https://theconversation.com/my-ancestors-met-cook-in-aotearoa-250-years-ago-for-us-its-time-to-reinterpret-a-painful-history-128771)

bob10
29th April 2020, 07:10 AM
The significance of the Treaty of Waitangi.

Explainer: the significance of the Treaty of Waitangi (https://theconversation.com/explainer-the-significance-of-the-treaty-of-waitangi-110982)

bob10
29th April 2020, 07:14 AM
The stories of Tupaia and Omai, and their vital roles as Cooks unsung shipmates.

The stories of Tupaia and Omai and their vital role as Captain Cook's unsung shipmates (https://theconversation.com/the-stories-of-tupaia-and-omai-and-their-vital-role-as-captain-cooks-unsung-shipmates-126674)

bob10
29th April 2020, 03:11 PM
A failure to say hullo , Captain Cooks failure at Botany Bay.


A failure to say hello: how Captain Cook blundered his first impression with Indigenous people (https://theconversation.com/a-failure-to-say-hello-how-captain-cook-blundered-his-first-impression-with-indigenous-people-126673)

bob10
29th April 2020, 03:18 PM
From Cook to the first fleet. Why Botony Bay was chosen over Africa.

From Captain Cook to the First Fleet: how Botany Bay was chosen over Africa as a new British penal colony (https://theconversation.com/from-captain-cook-to-the-first-fleet-how-botany-bay-was-chosen-over-africa-as-a-new-british-penal-colony-128002)

bob10
29th April 2020, 03:28 PM
Banks and Solander, more influentual than Cook?

Botany and the colonisation of Australia in 1770 (https://theconversation.com/botany-and-the-colonisation-of-australia-in-1770-128469)

bob10
29th April 2020, 03:39 PM
Captain Cook and the ship of the dead. But was it Banks who declared the new land Terra Nullis ?

'They are all dead': for Indigenous people, Cook's voyage of 'discovery' was a ghostly visitation (https://theconversation.com/they-are-all-dead-for-indigenous-people-cooks-voyage-of-discovery-was-a-ghostly-visitation-126430)

bob10
3rd May 2020, 07:19 AM
Joseph Banks, agent of the British Empire.


Joseph Banks: traveller, botanist and agent of the British Empire (https://theconversation.com/joseph-banks-traveller-botanist-and-agent-of-the-british-empire-130618?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Cook%20250%20Sunday%20special&utm_content=Cook%20250%20Sunday%20special+CID_8589 319af07ba9daf4f1a73d6ac888bf&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=Joseph%20Banks%20traveller%20botanist%20a nd%20agent%20of%20the%20British%20Empire)

bob10
3rd May 2020, 07:25 AM
Cook wanted British jusice for indigenous people, but became increasingly violent, culminating in his death in Hawaii.


Captain Cook wanted to introduce British justice to Indigenous people. Instead, he became increasingly cruel and violent (https://theconversation.com/captain-cook-wanted-to-introduce-british-justice-to-indigenous-people-instead-he-became-increasingly-cruel-and-violent-127025?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Cook%20250%20Sunday%20special&utm_content=Cook%20250%20Sunday%20special+CID_8589 319af07ba9daf4f1a73d6ac888bf&utm_source=campaign_monitor&utm_term=Captain%20Cook%20wanted%20to%20introduce% 20British%20justice%20to%20Indigenous%20people%20I nstead%20he%20became%20increasingly%20cruel%20and% 20violent)