PU2899

Print after medal by Lewis Pingo, commemorating Captain James Cook Long Caption: A print commemorating Captain James Cook (1728-1779), issued by The Royal Society in 1784. The obverse side of the medal bears a portrait bust of Captain Cook with the legend 'Iac. Cook Oceani Investigator Acerrlmus. ', translated as 'the most intrepid investigator of the seas', with 'Reg . Soc . Lon . Socio . Suo.' in exergue. The reverse shows Fortune as a standing draped female figure, with the legend 'Nil Intentatum Nostri Liquere', translating as 'our men have left nothing unattempted', with 'Auspiciis Georgii III' in exergue. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Object: PAD2899 Artist: Prevost (engraver) Date: after 1784 Medium: engraving Size: 483 mm x 318 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.