IIRC that part is based on the diary of Georg Forster, who was the botanist aboard Cook's 2nd voyage.
Cook and his savages wreaked havok on the islands they came into contact with. Abductions, pedophilia and rape, and the diseases they brought decimated the populations.
Not as far as I know, but that's not a distinction worth making. It's not a stretch to assume a man of as few scruples as he had also indulged his base instincts. And even if he didn't, these men were under his direct command and supervision, and performed these crimes with his foreknowledge.
Hitler (inb4 Poe's law) didn't personally drag people into gas chambers.
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IIRC that part is based on the diary of Georg Forster, who was the botanist aboard Cook's 2nd voyage.
Cook and his savages wreaked havok on the islands they came into contact with. Abductions, pedophilia and rape, and the diseases they brought decimated the populations.