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Cook’s Voyages

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A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. To Determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; Its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe. 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. London: W. & A. Strahan for G. Nicol, 1784. First Edition.  4 volumes including atlas. [8], xcvi, 421; [12], 549; [11], 558, [1] pp. Illustrated with 87 plates, one of which is a hand-colored mezzotint, folding table, plus one chart in duplicate. 4to (291 x 229 mm) & folio (551 x 387 mm).

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted on September 9, 2015September 11, 2015Author rapgalCategories Books

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