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Rare Captain Cook medal to be auctioned off in Wiltshire
A rare Captain Cook medal is set to be auctioned off in Wiltshire. The brass medal, one of only 2,000 made in 1772, is expected to fetch at least £2,000 at RWB Auctions in Royal Wootton Bassett. It ...
Rare Captain Cook medal expected to fetch £2,000 at Wiltshire auction
It was commissioned by Sir Joseph Banks for Cook's second voyage to find the southern continent, Terra Australis. The ...
Rare Matthew Flinders account of the first circumnavigation of Australia up for auction
An original 200-year-old copy of A Voyage to Terra Australis – complete with handwritten annotations and corrections – is ...