Captain Cook shell collection found in skip

Published date13 March 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
The collection, containing more than 200 specimens including an extinct species and several believed to have been sent back from Cook's ill-fated voyage, is to go on public display for the first time in more than 100 years

The items had been thrown out by a university, but were rescued from the skip by a retired scientist.

The collection, which serves as a record of Britain's role in global trade and its colonial...

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