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Shells from Captain Cook’s third voyage ‘lost for 40 years’ recovered

An 18th-century collection of seashells from Captain James Cook’s third voyage, thought lost for more than 40 years, has been returned to English Heritage after being rescued from a “nothing short of a miracle” jump. The collection, which includes more than 200 specimens including an extinct species and those believed to have been returned from… Read More »