CSPAN2 Book Discussion August 17, 2014
Large land mass in the southern pacific. But it was australia incognito, this land nobody was sure nobody had found it. And then in the 18th century, nations became got into the curiosity business, and the french and the english sponsored two great explorers, one is captain cook. Actually his first name is james, but we think his first name is captain. And they then systemly explore lands of tahiti and when he gets back he publishes his travels and creates this image of a heatty of being this a heatty tahiti as lucious and free love and writing in this roman romantic era. And cook was much ste...