BBC History Revealed Magazine  |  August 2018
In this month's issue… Captain Cook's secret mission
Retrace James Cook's 1768 first voyage - a scientific expedition that morphed into a globe-spanning quest to find a lost continent thanks to a set of secret instructions.
Plus: Louis XIV and the Palace of Versailles; the tragedy of British Tour de France hero Tom Simpson; the fall of the Russian Romanov dynasty; history of chocolate; William Wallace; weird pets; and Palymrene Queen Zenobia takes on Imperial Rome.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in BBC History Revealed Magazine August 2018.