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Pictured: The microscope in its case.
A rare microscope from Captain James Cook's first Voyage of Discovery to Australia which was found in a biscuit tin after 251 years has sold for more than £37,000.
The then state-of-the-art aquatic microscope was designed to identify marine flora and fauna never before observed by science.
It was engraved with the name of its owner, Joseph Banks, a scientist who accompanied the legendary explorer on the H.M.B Endeavour to the South Pacific between 1768 and 1771.
Pic: CharlesMiller/BNPS
Pictured: The microscope in its case.
A rare microscope from Captain James Cook's first Voyage of Discovery to Australia which was found in a biscuit tin after 251 years has sold for more than £37,000.
The then state-of-the-art aquatic microscope was designed to identify marine flora and fauna never before observed by science.
It was engraved with the name of its owner, Joseph Banks, a scientist who accompanied the legendary explorer on the H.M.B Endeavour to the South Pacific between 1768 and 1771.
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