1. Guest: Hampton Sides. In February 1776, Captain James Cook is enjoying a comfortable retirement at Greenwich Hospital. Dining with Lord Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty, Cook learns of a proposed third voyage to find the fabled Northwest Passage.

Season 8, Episode 466,   Feb 16, 03:00 AM

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1.  Guest: Hampton Sides. In February 1776, Captain James Cook is enjoying a comfortable retirement at Greenwich Hospital. Dining with Lord Sandwich, First Lord of the Admiralty, Cook learns of a proposed third voyage to find the fabled Northwest Passage. Despite having retired, Cook is tempted by the challenge and dramatically accepts the command.
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2. Guest: Hampton Sides. Sides introduces the officers of the Resolution and Discovery, including the tubercular Captain Charles Clerke and the skilled but insufferable William Bligh. The mission is fueled by Daines Barrington'sscientifically flawed theo
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