Lot 1816

Description

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.