CAPTAIN JAMES COOK (1728-1779)] A magnifier, in tortoiseshell mount, in silver case of capstan form, the cover engraved with an inscription 'THIS MAGNIFIER WAS GIVEN by Captain James Cook the celebrated navigator TO Mr WILLm. BAYLY the ASTRONOMER to the expedition during Cook's 3rd Voyage and presented by Mr Bayly to his Pupil, friend & Executor MARK BEAUFOY ESQr. F.R.S., the capstan 2¾in. (6.9cm.) high maker's mark 'WC' perhaps for William Carter London, 1844, marked on side and inside cover, further stamped WIDDOWSON & VEALE 73 STRAND' on the base
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK (1728-1779)] A magnifier, in tortoiseshell mount, in silver case of capstan form, the cover engraved with an inscription 'THIS MAGNIFIER WAS GIVEN by Captain James Cook the celebrated navigator TO Mr WILLm. BAYLY the ASTRONOMER to the expedition during Cook's 3rd Voyage and presented by Mr Bayly to his Pupil, friend & Executor MARK BEAUFOY ESQr. F.R.S., the capstan 2¾in. (6.9cm.) high maker's mark 'WC' perhaps for William Carter London, 1844, marked on side and inside cover, further stamped WIDDOWSON & VEALE 73 STRAND' on the base
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