Bad History - The Four Voyages of Benjamin Morrell
March 20, 2026
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as posted by the channelOne sea-faring captain made four brave journeys around the world and discovered new lands. He made a lot of it up.
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Morrell's full book, if you really want to read it for yourself:
Additional sources used:
- Best, P.B., and P.D. Shaughnessy. “An Independent Account of Captain Benjamin Morrell’s Sealing Voyage to the South-West Coast of Africa in the Antarctic, 1828/29.” Fisheries Bulletin 12 (1979): 1–19.
- Brooke-Hitching, Edward. The Phantom Atlas: The Greatest Myths, Lies and Blunders on Maps. United Kingdom: Chronicle Books LLC, 2018.
- Fairhead, James. The Captain and "the Cannibal": An Epic Story of Exploration, Kidnapping, and the Broadway Stage. United States: Yale University Press, 2015.
- Peterman, August, and Adolf Stieler. Map. Adolf Stielers Handatlas. Gotha, Germany: Justus Perthes, 1891.
- Wordie, J. M. “The Drift of the Endurance.” Chart. The Geographical Journal. Royal Geographical Society, 1918.
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"Water Interlude" by Kevin MacLeod
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