Cook’s Third Voyage, with the First Map of Hawaii
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, 1779, and 1780. The Second Edition.
London: Nichol & Cadell, 1785. Three vols (lacking the plate volume), 4to, original calf, morocco title labels, rebacked, marbled boards with bookplate on front pastedowns. Vol 1, title + (viii) (contents) + xcvi + 421, 7 engraved plates; vol 2, title + (xii) (contents) + 548, 9 engraved plates; vol 3, title + (xi) (contents) + 556, 6 engraved plates. Complete as 'List of Plates', with plates in the atlas volume marked with asterisks.
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The account of James Cook's Third, and fatal, voyage, during which he discovered Hawaii before sailing 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.
Although this set lacks the plate volume it does contain Cook's important map of Hawaii, at the beginning of Vol 3.
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A good example.References:
Mitchell Library: 1552.Related products
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