French marble portrait bust of Captain Jacques Cook, 1788
Captain James Cook's three voyages of discovery between 1768 and his death in 1779 produced accurate maps, extensive collections of natural history specimens and ethnographic objects, and major advances in navigation which revolutionised European understanding of the Pacific and laid the path for British colonisation of Australia and New Zealand.
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The British Library Board Add. 7085, No.42
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