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    Shells from Captain Cook’s third voyage ‘lost for 40 years’ are saved from skip

    by Nina Massey Mar 12, 2024 3 minutes

    An 18th century shell collection from Captain James Cook’s third voyage, thought lost for more than 40 years, has been returned to English Heritage after being saved from a skip in “nothing short of a miracle”.

    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

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