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Red sandstone
A lump of red sandstone rock, from the main outcrop of Grassy Hill (Cooktown) almost on the spot where Capt James Cook is reputed to have stood, when he landed at the Endeavour River on his first voyage 12th June 1770.
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Object Details
| ID: | REL0038 |
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| Collection: | Relics |
| Type: | Red sandstone |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Events: | Exploration: Cook's First Voyage, 1768 |
| Vessels: | Endeavour (1764) |
| Date made: | Before 1770 |
| People: | Cook, James |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 28 mm x 110 mm x 51 mm |