Ep. 455: The Wager with David Grann
The MeatEater Podcast
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The Seeds of Destruction
They would inspect your fingernails for tar because tar was used on ships to make everything water resistant. And if you had those things, you were basically seized and dragged onto one of these voyages. You wouldn't even have time to say goodbye to your family. So the seeds of destruction, which we will get into, I'm sure, but they were planted at the very inception of this expedition.
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