Statue: Captain James Cook statue
Erection date: 7/7/1914
Inscription
{On the front of the plinth:}
Captain James Cook, RN FRS, born 1728, died 1772.
Circumnavigator of the globe, explorer of the pacific ocean, he laid the foundations of the British Empire in Australia and New Zealand, chartered the shores of Newfoundland and traversed the ocean gates of Canada, both east and west.
Unveiled by H. R. H. Prince Arthur of Connaught on behalf of the British Empire League, 7th July 1914.
The original inscription stopped after "New Zealand." In 1928 the British Empire League, with the necessary approval, added the rest.
Site: Captain James Cook statue (1 memorial)
SW1, The Mall
