The modern pantheon on The Spectator Australia | In January 1780 the news reached London that Captain Cook had been killed and eaten in Hawaii. The story of…
In January 1780 the news reached London that Captain Cook had been killed and eaten in Hawaii. The story of his death was met with morbid fascination by the general public, inspiring paintings, poems and even a ballet. This ballet was so violent that one of the dancers accidentally stabbed another during the scene of