The timepiece that helped Captain Cook get a quick fix and put Australia on the map

By Tim Barlass
Updated May 1 2016 - 1:13am, first published 12:15am
Rory McEvoy,Curator of Horology at the Royal Museums Greenwich at the Ships, Clocks & Stars exhibition
 Photo: Daniel Munoz
Rory McEvoy,Curator of Horology at the Royal Museums Greenwich at the Ships, Clocks & Stars exhibition Photo: Daniel Munoz

What was it that Captain Cook came to call his "trusty friend" and "never-failing guide", which accompanied him on his second and third voyages?

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