Rhun Island
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Oct 31, 2026
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
They set up a company to rival the VOC, the English East India Company, which was to become the engine that launched the British Empire.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
And this was their first target, ten miles west of Banda, this almost inaccessible speck in the ocean, two miles by half a mile wide, was to become the first ever English colony, the island of Rhun.
Kate HumbleHOST
You have no idea how lucky we are.
Kate HumbleHOST
This stretch of sea can be absolutely brutal.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
The man the company chose to win this island for the crown was an unlikely hero.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
Captain Nathaniel Courthope was a swashbuckling, fearless adventurer, and also a bit of a thief.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
He'd purloined 600 pounds from the company, been punished for the crime, and was ready to redeem himself on the island of Rhun.
Tony RobinsonNARRATOR
When Captain Courthope arrived in 1616, he was warned to heed the following advice.