The example of Cook punishing his men is such a good illustration of how important formal equality under the law is. Refreshingly detailed, impartial and elegantly written! Can’t wait for more.
A wonderful piece that proves there are always two sides to every story. It's a shame that the zealots who try and shame Britain for our colonial history, never let the facts get in the way of a virtue-signalling cause.
Brilliant piece, the way you balance Enlightenment empiricism and Māori oral tradition without collapsing one into the other really works. That bit about Cook punishing his men for stealing kūmara complicates the usual colonizer narrative way more than most accounts bother with. I've always thoguht Tupaia's role as cutural translator deserves more attention in these discussions.
Interestingly, neither Cook nor Bank’s journals mention Tupaia’s role on the initial landing at Cook’s bay, though he does on the subsequent one in the lagoon. Suggesting he wasn’t there at the point of initial encounter/confusion.
The example of Cook punishing his men is such a good illustration of how important formal equality under the law is. Refreshingly detailed, impartial and elegantly written! Can’t wait for more.
A wonderful piece that proves there are always two sides to every story. It's a shame that the zealots who try and shame Britain for our colonial history, never let the facts get in the way of a virtue-signalling cause.
Brilliant piece, the way you balance Enlightenment empiricism and Māori oral tradition without collapsing one into the other really works. That bit about Cook punishing his men for stealing kūmara complicates the usual colonizer narrative way more than most accounts bother with. I've always thoguht Tupaia's role as cutural translator deserves more attention in these discussions.
Interestingly, neither Cook nor Bank’s journals mention Tupaia’s role on the initial landing at Cook’s bay, though he does on the subsequent one in the lagoon. Suggesting he wasn’t there at the point of initial encounter/confusion.