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kiwi too, and yes, this would be a cool find. This ship is such a significant part of the south pacifics history.
by keithnz 8y ago
kiwi too, and yes, this would be a cool find. This ship is such a significant part of the south pacifics history.
- Applethief 8y agoAlso Kiwi. Amazing News...
- bacon_waffle 8y agoChecking in from Dunedin ;) Too bad it sounds like Endeavour will stay up there, but what an amazing find!
- satori99 8y agoAussie here, who is this Cook guy? /s I recently had a short conversation with an American high school exchange student in Sydney who was annoyed about how much we are taught about Captain Cook and his voyages in Australian schools. I tried to point out that Cook and the Endeavor were pretty damn significant to The United States also, but he was having none of it, and insisted that Cook was unimportant in US history. sigh.
- markdown 8y agoCaptain Cook and his crew were pedophiles and wrote about how they raped 9 and 10 year olds as they passed through the Pacific, claiming that this was all fine because island girls were "sooner ripe". Of course this has all been whitewashed for the greater good of British Empire, but if you ask around the Pacific Islands, you'll find a few people who curse the ship that brought those savages to their islands. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cu88hV1UkAA9DIj.jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cu88hV1UkAA9DIj.jpg EDIT: All the downvotes without a single rebuttal. You disappoint me, HN.