To check the petulance of the Sailors, and restrain the wanton use of Fire Arms. To have it still in view that sheding the blood of those people is a crime of the highest nature.
Pacific explorer
Instructions given to his crew, reflecting a moral and ethical stance on human life and colonial responsibility.
1768 (as part of his instructions for the Endeavour voyage)
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