Rediscovery Channel

The Battle of Shimonoseki Straits (Japanese:下関海戦, Shimonoseki Kaisen) was a naval engagement fought on July 16, 1863, by the United States Navy warship USS Wyoming against the powerful daimyō (feudal lord) Mōri Takachika of the Chōshū clan based in Shimonoseki. Interestingly it took place in the middle of the American Civil war.

In this first episode our two armchair historians discuss Pandora's box, a story often referenced in modern culture which is actually part of a larger creation story with some surprising analogies.