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Coin to mark 250th anniversary of the launching of James Cook HMS Resolution
The new coin features the HMS Resolution, the ship that was captained by James Cook. The year 2020 marks the bicentenary of the reign of George III, Britain’s longest-reigning king. During his ...
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The Cook Voyages - HMS Endeavour, HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery
They moved to the Natural History Museum when the British Museum's Department of Natural History relocated to the newly opened South Kensington Museum in 1881 In 1772, Cook captained the HMS ...
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ISLAND HISTORY: A brief history of Kauai’s early Germans
Johann Heinrich Zimmermann (1741-1805) was one of three German sailors aboard Captain James Cook’s ships HMS Resolution and ...
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Antarctic icebergs still exist today where 1700-era sailors spotted and tracked them
The K1 watch carried a heavy price tag (£450—the ship Cook sailed for the trip, the HMS Resolution, cost £1,800) so Cook took great care of the device, requiring the commander, first ...