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Captain Cook's Pistol: An early 18th century Continental…
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Melbourne
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14-Feb-2013
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Captain Cook's Pistol: An early 18th century Continental Flintlock holster pistol, the lock signed 'Corbau-AMaastricht' with plain 13 bore barrel, brass fore-sight, spurred brass pommel (minor damage to spur tips), brass trigger guard, replacement ramrod and pipe, pale fruitwood full stock with carved shell behind tang (some minor damage at fore-end), 50 cm long, 31 cm barrel. This pistol was traditionally the property of Captain James Cook R.N. and was passed to his elder sister, and her direct descendants: Margaret Cook (Capt. Cook's elder sister) married James Fleck in 1764 at All Saints Church, Great Ayton. Their son, James Fleck Jnr married Margaret Roundtree in 1794. Their daughter, Elizabeth Cook Fleck married John Davison (of Kirby in Cleveland) in 1825. Their daughter, Margaret Davison married William Carter at Kirby in 1848. Their son, Thomas Carter married Elizabeth Sowler in 1875. Their daughter, Edith Emily Carter married William Smith in 1900. Their son, Thomas Carter Smith married Irene May Bishop Kiere in 1929 at the Cathedral, Middlesbrough, Cleveland. Their daughter, Brenda Winifred Carter Smith married Michael Holder in 1958 at St. Teresa, Hartlepool. At a public auction in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2003, the family sold a walking stick made from one of the spears that killed Captain Cook for À135,000 ($320,000 at the then current exchange rate). The Captain Cook pistol was offered for sale in the subsequent public auction later in 2003, at which it was acquired by prominent Australian, Ronald Walker, former Lord Mayor of Melbourne, who is the present vendor
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Militaria & Weapons: Firearms - Pistols