Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Captain Cook's Boomerang To Be Auctioned

A boomerang obtained by Captain James Cook on his first visit to Australia in 1770 is to go on sale in London.

Here's a pic:



And apparently he brought it home without ever having seen it demonstrated, so people in Great Britain were ignorant of its properties for years afterward.

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