Captain Cook Related

Lot 1816    SESSION 8 (2.30PM WEDNESDAY 24TH MARCH)    Captain Cook Related

Estimate $200
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $260

WORLD CAPTAIN COOK MEDALS, includes Canada, British Columbia, Capt. Cook, First White Man to Land at Nootka, 1978, in oxidised silver and another in bronze (51mm) (K.98) (2); Port Alberni, British Columbia, Captain Cook Bicentennial, 1978, in nickel (34mm) (K.103); British Columbia, Canadian Armed Forces, Captain Cook Bicentennial, 1978, in golden aluminium (35mm) (cf K.104B for reverse); French Polynesia, Tahiti medal, Samuel Wallis, L de Bougainville, James Cook, (1967), in bronze (68mm) (K.26a); USA, Captain Cook Festival, Kona, Hawaii, Cook's First Pacific Voyage, 1969, in bronze (44mm) (K.32); Captain James Cook, Discoverer of Hawaii, 1976, in antique bronze (39mm), bright bronze and another in silvered (32mm) (K.91A, B [2]) (3); Discovery of Hawaiian Islands by Captain Cook, 1978, in pewter (45.5mm) (K.109); Anchorage, Alaska, Captain James Cook Explorer of Cook Inlet, 1978, in dark bronze (39mm) (K.113). Uncirculated. (11)

Ex Dr W.J.D.Mira Collection.

Reference K = Klenman, Allan, of Victoria, British Columbia, author of The Faces of Captain Cook, 1983, with forward by William J.Mira.