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Tim Barlass17:40, Jul 02 2021 A small section of timber from the keel of Captain Cook’s HMB Endeavour is to be auctioned in Sydney in four weeks with a reserve price of A$400,000 (NZ$428,000). The “unique provenanced piece of timber” just 22 centimetres long and two centimetres wide is inside a small display case and bears an inscription believed to have been written by the sister of botanist Sir Joseph Banks, Sarah Sophia Banks. JAMES BRICKWOOD/Sydney Morning Herald Ross Pratley owns a small part of the keel from HMB Endeavour, which will be auctioned in Sydney this month. It reads: “This is part of the keel of the Ship Endeavour, which under the command of James Cook, Esq, circumnavigated the Globe in 1768-1770, Broken up at Newport, Rhode-Island, USA, 1796.” ....
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