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Captain Cook & The First Fleet (Part 1) How did Captain Cook, the so-called founding father of White Australia and a boring map dweeb with an ugly wife, end up getting cancelled as the symbol of colonialism? Order your Fin Taylor Christmas Crackers - head to www.comedycrackers.co.uk The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened.  For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon ⁠https://www.patreon.com/fintaylor CHAPTERS: 00:00 Australia is Marbella 06:59 Not Spending Any More Time On It 13:52 Pastry Chasers 18:43 Cook King 22:46 The Seven Years' War 27:17 The Hydrographer 30:41 A Real Plant Botherer 37:36 Landfall in Tahiti 44:41 Wifebeating Ground Zero 47:50 Raisins, all of them