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'James Cook' Commemorative Strike Set

  • Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of the First Pacific Voyage of James Cook
  • Celebrating our great British explorer and the HMS Endeavour
  • New 2018 issue, fully layered in 24-carat gold
  • Available

Amount due: £359.00

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Over 250 years ago, James Cook, one of the greatest British explorers of all time, set sail on... more
'James Cook' Commemorative Strike Set

Over 250 years ago, James Cook, one of the greatest British explorers of all time, set sail on the HMS Endeavour on an epic voyage of discovery.

In 1768, the Royal Society selectedCook to command a voyage to Tahiti to observe the Transit of Venus, and to secretly search for the great southern continent. He was given the HMS Endeavour for the voyage, which he praised saying 'a better ship for such service I never could wish for'.

Those on board included astronomer Charles Green and botanist Joseph Banks. After reaching Tahiti in June 1769, Cook then charted the coastline of New Zealand and sailed Australia's eastern coast, landing at Botany Bay in April 1770 and naming it New South Wales.

After its historic voyage, the HMS Endeavour was refitted as a naval transport vessel, and made three voyages to deliver provisions to the Falkland Islands. When the American War of Independence began, the HMS Endeavour was repaired, renamed the 'Lord Sandwich 2' and submitted as a transport ship to carry troops, mainly German Hessian mercenaries, across the Atlantic. The 'Lord Sandwich 2' then was used as a prison ship at Rhode Island, until it wassunk on 4 August 1778. In September 2018, following an epic 25-year search, Australian and US marine archaeologists claimed to have discovered the shipwreck of the HMS Endeavour off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island. The wreck has not been precisely located but is thought to be one of a cluster of five in Newport Harbor.

Details
Limitation: 9,999 complete collections
Weight: 54 g
Material (details): Copper, gold-plated with padprint
First issued: 2018
Diameter: 50 mm
Obverse: Complete set
Reverse: James Cook
Quality: Proof

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