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Captain Cook: Hummingbird nest
For the second installment in my series on London sites and objects relating to the great naval explorer Captain James Cook (1728 – 1779), I direct your attention back to the British Museum‘s Enlightenment Wing, where you will find a tiny hummingbird nest measuring about 45mm in diameter. This nest, believed to belong to the glittering-bellied emerald hummingbird, is significant as one of the few remaining zoological […]
Captain Cook: Bark shield
December 10, 2011
Welcome to the first of several posts, in no particular order, on London locations and objects relating to the great naval explorer Captain James Cook (1728 – 1779). In the British Museum‘s fabulous Enlightenment Gallery (Room 1), an 18th century bark shield is displayed behind glass. This shield most probably belonged to the Gweagal (‘fire’) clan, the Indigenous inhabitants of […]
A cosmonaut joins a Cook on The Mall – Yuri Gagarin unveiled
October 4, 2011
There’s a new face down on The Mall, standing tall outside the British Council office block, just west of Admiralty Arch, and opposite that other great explorer of the unknown, Captain Cook. Captain James Cook (1728 – 1779), below, is a man who needs no introduction. Nor does his new neighbour across the road. Russian pilot […]
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January 26, 2012
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