uberrimum

Updated: May 17, 2025

'If public services merit public acknowledgments, if the man, who adorned and raised the fame of his country, is deserving of honours, then Captain Cook deserves to have a monument raised to his memory by a generous and grateful nation. "Virtutis uberrimum alimentum est honos." Val. Maximus, lib. ii. cap. 6.

Andrew Kippis - Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods