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A History of the World in 100 Objects by BBC

Oct 5, 201013:55Society & Culture

This week Neil MacGregor's history of the world is telling the story of European encounters across the globe during the 18th century. Today he finds out what happened to Captain Cook as he was mapping and collecting in t...

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