Shells from Cook's final voyage that were saved from skip get new home
The Guardian|March 12, 2024
An internationally important collection of shells, including specimens from Captain Cook's final voyage, has been rediscovered 40 years after it was thought to have been thrown out in a skip.
Mark Brown
Shells from Cook's final voyage that were saved from skip get new home

More than 200 shells have been returned to English Heritage, which will put some of them on display in Northumberland this week.

It's a story that shines a light on bigger issues including colonialism, slavery and the human impact on the natural world. Additionally it tells the little known story of the woman who collected them, a pioneer collector called Bridget Atkinson.

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