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Iac. Cook Oceani Investigator Acerrlmus. Reg. Soc. Lond. Socio Suo
Print after a medal by Lewis Pingo, commemorating Captain James Cook (1728-1779), and issued by the issued by the Royal Society in 1784 in memory of Cook. The obverse of the medal bears a portrait bust of Captain Cook with the legend 'IAC . COOK OCEANI INVESTIGATOR ACERRIMVS'. (The most intrepid investigator of the seas) and 'REG . SOC . LOND . SOCIO . SVO.' in exergue. The reverse shows Fortune as a standing draped female figure and the legend 'NIL INTENTATVM NOSTRI LIQVERE' (Our men have left nothing unattempted) and 'AVSPICIIS GEORGII III' in exergue.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAD2899 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Prevost |
| Date made: | After 1784 |
| People: | Cook, James |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Mount: 483 mm x 318 mm;Primary support: 90 mm x 102 mm |
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