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(Captain Cook Birthplace Museum)

Captain Cook on a Bicycle

Marton, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire 1728 - Hawaï 1779
British explorer, navigator and cartographer, famous because of his three voyages to the Pacific Ocean
(Wikipedia)

Keith Peacock
2016

Middlesbrough / Captain Cook on a Bicycle

Description

Sculpture showing explorer Captain James Cook emerging on wheels from a wall at his birthplace museum. It features a bike chain and cogs.

The sculpture commemorates the Tour de France passing through Teesside in 2016.

Sculptor

Keith Peacock, English artist from Middlesbrough.

Sources & Information

BBC News, 30 April 2016, Captain Cook artwork in Middlesbrough honours cyclists.

Locatie (N 54°32'18" - W 1°12'9") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbyh176; Photograph: 30 July 2019
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