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In Our Time: Voyages of James Cook

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03/12/2015

Voyages of James Cook

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Voyages of James Cook

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the voyages of James Cook, as suggested by listeners.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the science behind Capt James Cook's three voyages of discovery, from 1768 to 1779, one of over a thousand ideas suggested by listeners.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scientific advances made in the three voyages of Captain James Cook, from 1768 to 1779. Cook's voyages astonished Europeans, bringing back detailed knowledge of the Pacific and its people, from the Antarctic to the Bering Straits. This topic is one of more than a thousand different ideas suggested by listeners in October and came from Alysoun Hodges in the UK, Fiachra O'Brolchain in Ireland, Mhairi Mackay in New Zealand, Enzo Vozzo in Australia, Jeff Radford in British Columbia and Mark Green in Alaska. 

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Simon Schaffer
Professor of the History of Science at the University of Cambridge

Rebekah Higgitt
Lecturer in the History of Science at the University of Kent

And

Sophie Forgan
Retired Principle Lecturer at the University of Teesside 
Chairman of Trustees of the Captain Cook Museum, Whitby

Producer: Simon Tillotson.

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