Post by Kiwi Frontline on Apr 22, 2019 5:30:06 GMT 12
Otago Daily Times 22/4/19
NZ HISTORY
IT is speculated by David George (letters, 12.4.19), following others, that either Cook or Banks sired a child in the Marlborough Sounds in 1769.
Cook was notably chaste, so it would not have been him, but Banks was quite a stud, so there can be little doubt who was the probable performer.
Cook and his wife had a large family, few of whom outlived childhood, and his last surviving son was robbed and killed while crossing the common near his home to join his ship. Mrs Cook, who lived to a great age, must have died a lonely old woman.
Sir Joseph Banks was a noted (amateur) botanist. He would have been very affronted by David George’s description of him as a ‘‘trading captain’’.
BRUCE MOON, Nelson
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NZ HISTORY
IT is speculated by David George (letters, 12.4.19), following others, that either Cook or Banks sired a child in the Marlborough Sounds in 1769.
Cook was notably chaste, so it would not have been him, but Banks was quite a stud, so there can be little doubt who was the probable performer.
Cook and his wife had a large family, few of whom outlived childhood, and his last surviving son was robbed and killed while crossing the common near his home to join his ship. Mrs Cook, who lived to a great age, must have died a lonely old woman.
Sir Joseph Banks was a noted (amateur) botanist. He would have been very affronted by David George’s description of him as a ‘‘trading captain’’.
BRUCE MOON, Nelson
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers