Neptune raising James Cook (1723-79) English navigator, explorer and hydrographer to immortality, and Fame writing his name in the book of history. In foreground inhabitants of America, Africa and Asia pay homage to Britannia. Allegorical copperplate engraving by John Neagle (fl1789-1816) and W Grainger after design by Hanover-born artist Johann Heinrich Ramberg (1763-1840).

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