Polar Sale
Polar Sale will be held on 27 September at Christie's, London. A magnifying glass in tortoise shell, which belonged to captain Cook, is estimated at 20, 000 BP (US$ 37,735) . James Cook was born on the 27th October 1728 in the little Yorkshire village of Marton. The cottage in which James was born has long since been demolished and nothing now remains, but vestiges of the pump. ...