1779 Captain Cook Memorial Historical Medallion by L PingoInternational orders: All duties, taxes and import charges are calculated and collected at checkout. There will be nothing further to pay upon delivery. Story Captain Cook the British explorer that discovered Australia, died on 14th February 1779. Not only a great seaman, he managed to map the lands he discovered across the Pacific ocean, creating a new world to be shown on European maps for the first time. He was killed from a stab wound on