Ben Wilson

Were the ship lost, reaching the land in small boats would take many long hours. It was dark, though not so dark, that boards broken away from the hull could not be seen, floating thick around the ship, which was repeatedly lifted and dropped and smashed against the reef.

Were the ship lost, reaching the land in small boats would take many long hours. It was dark, though not so dark, that boards broken away from the hull could not be seen, floating thick around the ship, which was repeatedly lifted and dropped and smashed against the reef.

Banks found it hard to keep his footing on the quarterdeck and was in a state of great alarm, thinking not just of the ship breaking up, of water in his lungs and death by drowning, but of the bloody loss, the loss of his specimens and curiosities, of a greater haul of new plants, birds, fish, and Indian things than any other mortal had had chance to acquire.

Banks found it hard to keep his footing on the quarterdeck and was in a state of great alarm, thinking not just of the ship breaking up, of water in his lungs and death by drowning, but of the bloody loss, the loss of his specimens and curiosities, of a greater haul of new plants, birds, fish, and Indian things than any other mortal had had chance to acquire.

He might have thought too of the loss to Europe of Tahiti as a place and culture known a of the loss of the measurements of the transit of Venus, of the loss of lists of Maori words and drawings of Maori canoes. If men work now to save their lives a great deal more than men would have gone down with the endeavor. A set of findings would have been unfound.

He might have thought too of the loss to Europe of Tahiti as a place and culture known a of the loss of the measurements of the transit of Venus, of the loss of lists of Maori words and drawings of Maori canoes. If men work now to save their lives a great deal more than men would have gone down with the endeavor. A set of findings would have been unfound.

A set of histories that for better or worse were just beginning would have come to a premature conclusion. Okay, luckily they are able to save the ship. They have to bail water and use an innovative new technique to temporarily plug the leak. And then they limp to the Australian coast where they're delayed for seven weeks while they repair the ship.

A set of histories that for better or worse were just beginning would have come to a premature conclusion. Okay, luckily they are able to save the ship. They have to bail water and use an innovative new technique to temporarily plug the leak. And then they limp to the Australian coast where they're delayed for seven weeks while they repair the ship.

During the seven week stay, they finally are able to make enough contact to actually get to know the Aboriginal Australians and learn a few words, including kangaroo. There is this rumor that you might've heard that kangaroo means, uh, what did you say? Like the, so the, the legend is that, you know, captain cook lands and they're trying to talk with the aboriginals and they say, um,

During the seven week stay, they finally are able to make enough contact to actually get to know the Aboriginal Australians and learn a few words, including kangaroo. There is this rumor that you might've heard that kangaroo means, uh, what did you say? Like the, so the, the legend is that, you know, captain cook lands and they're trying to talk with the aboriginals and they say, um,

what is this thing? And Aboriginals don't hear them clearly and say, kangaroo, what did you say? And so the word for what did you say becomes kangaroo. Okay, that's the legend anyways. It's not true. Actually, they got the word quite correctly. Kangaroo is quite close to the Aboriginal word for kangaroo. And to me, that demonstrates like,

what is this thing? And Aboriginals don't hear them clearly and say, kangaroo, what did you say? And so the word for what did you say becomes kangaroo. Okay, that's the legend anyways. It's not true. Actually, they got the word quite correctly. Kangaroo is quite close to the Aboriginal word for kangaroo. And to me, that demonstrates like,

People want to cast doubt on these early explorers and make them seem so primitive compared to our own day. But you know what? Their science was pretty good. And they were men of rigor. They were intelligent men who were doing a pretty good job. And in fact, They get a list of about 60 or 70 Aboriginal words before they move on.

People want to cast doubt on these early explorers and make them seem so primitive compared to our own day. But you know what? Their science was pretty good. And they were men of rigor. They were intelligent men who were doing a pretty good job. And in fact, They get a list of about 60 or 70 Aboriginal words before they move on.

And now as the passing of time, of course, we have a much better understanding of Aboriginal language. And those words are all quite accurate. So they did a good job of understanding their language in a very short amount of time. Anyway. Okay. All right, let's take a quick break to talk about Vesto, which gives you all of your company's financial accounts in one view.

And now as the passing of time, of course, we have a much better understanding of Aboriginal language. And those words are all quite accurate. So they did a good job of understanding their language in a very short amount of time. Anyway. Okay. All right, let's take a quick break to talk about Vesto, which gives you all of your company's financial accounts in one view.

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you can go from delayed and inaccurate information to one real-time dashboard. And that can improve your performance by helping you deploy unused cache, save time, reduce errors, spot problem areas, and more. I've heard from multiple founders that it was a complete game changer for them. It can be the same for you. So check them out at Vesto.com. That is V-E-S-T-O dot com.