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COOK, CAPTAIN JAMES - A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean,
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$500 - $800
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COOK, CAPTAIN JAMES
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean,
undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke and Gore, in His Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Discovery in the Years 1776,1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780. The second edition, London: Nichol & Cadell 1785. Three volumes complete with charts & views [without the folio of plates]. Vol I. x [xci], 421p, 7 charts; Vol II. [xiv], 556p, and 11 charts and views; Vol III. [xiv] 548p, 6 charts and views.
Repair to title page, a few spots else clean set. 295mm, bound in half leather with marbled boards, morocco title labels, back board of volume II. is detached, the rest of the boards are all intact though worn.
The Account of James Cook’s third and fatal voyage, during which he became the first European to make contact with the Hawaiian Islands. He then sailed north to pass through the Bering straits looking for a North West passage. Blocked by the arctic ice wall, he returned to Hawaii where he was killed.
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean,
undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke and Gore, in His Majesty’s Ships the Resolution and Discovery in the Years 1776,1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780. The second edition, London: Nichol & Cadell 1785. Three volumes complete with charts & views [without the folio of plates]. Vol I. x [xci], 421p, 7 charts; Vol II. [xiv], 556p, and 11 charts and views; Vol III. [xiv] 548p, 6 charts and views.
Repair to title page, a few spots else clean set. 295mm, bound in half leather with marbled boards, morocco title labels, back board of volume II. is detached, the rest of the boards are all intact though worn.
The Account of James Cook’s third and fatal voyage, during which he became the first European to make contact with the Hawaiian Islands. He then sailed north to pass through the Bering straits looking for a North West passage. Blocked by the arctic ice wall, he returned to Hawaii where he was killed.
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