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We go there so that you don't have to.

And, you know, the attrition rate for some of those early explores was immense.

Spoiler alert, James Cook died on his third voyage around the world.

And he...

But he broadened the horizons of of the whole human race.

He discovered places that arguably had never been recorded in written literature beforehand.

And yes, he I mean, he arguably inspired the British Empire to push out to the four corners of the world.

Was that a good thing?

Well, for good or for bad.

Yeah, I guess if he hadn't done it, somebody else would have.

Got to remember the Portuguese and the Spanish and rather notoriously, the Belgians were doing the same, roughly the same time.

So and the Dutch, of course.

So, yes, everybody was at it.

But certainly those early journals were fascinating.

And actually, it was the journals of James Cook.

And a book about Ferdinand Magellan that really inspired me to want to start adventuring.

Really?

Oh, God.

Yeah, absolutely.

I was given a wonderful compendium, a book of discovery that was basically the choice cuts from all these great adventurers journals.