The Pacific: In The Wake of Captain Cook S01E02 · Endeavour and New Zealand

Overview

Speaking with historians, activists, artists and locals, Sam delves into a deep history of trade, tradition and turbulent conflict. To his surprise Maori oral memories of Tupaia are more strong and vivid than those of Cook. Reconnecting with lost Polynesian history was far more potent than awe at the foreign goblins.

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1. 1 1. Endeavour and Tahiti2018-08-27 · 47mOn the 250th anniversary of Cook leaving Plymouth, Sam Neill visits Tahiti in the first of six episodes to follow Cook’s journey around the Pacific, and hears from Tahitians about
2. 2 2. Endeavour and New Zealand2018-09-03 · 48mSpeaking with historians, activists, artists and locals, Sam delves into a deep history of trade, tradition and turbulent conflict. To his surprise Maori oral memories of Tupaia ar
3. 3 3. Endeavour and Australia2018-09-10 · 47mSam travels from Botany Bay up the east coast to Cooktown, learning about a country that far from being nobodies’ land was comprehensively inhabited by a well established culture.
4. 4 4. Resolution and the Great Southern Continent2018-09-17 · 47mSam visits New Zealand, Tonga, Vanuatu, and Norfolk Island before completing one of Cook’s unfinished ambitions by touching down on Antarctica. For Sam this episode, in a much more
5. 5 5. Resolution and the Northwest Passage2018-09-24 · 48mSam Neill continues to follow the path of the Resolution, again via through New Zealand and Tonga onto Canada and Alaska, experiencing the Pacific as never before.
6. 6 6. Resolution and Hawaii2018-10-01 · 47mBack in Australia Sam views an unfinished tapa waistcoat abandoned by Elizabeth Cook after his death – a poignant memento. A larger than life stainless steel sculpture of the man b