London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1777. Edition: first edition, Binding: contemporary diced calf with gilt tooled border, rebacked tastefully with matching diced calf with double-raised bands and six compartments, gilt nautical motifs, gilt text in 2 and 4. Board edges gilt, inner dentelles gilt. Endpapers marbled., Notes: The account of Cook’s second voyage. Captain Cook’s three great voyages from the basis for any collection of Pacific books. The success of Cook’s first voyage led the Admiralty to send him on a second expedition, described in the present work, which was to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible in search of any southern continents. Cook proved that there was no “Terra Australis” which supposedly lat between New Zealand and South America, but became convinced that there must be land beyond the ice fields. The men of this expedition became the first to cross the Antarctic Circle. Further visits were made to New Zealand, and on two great sweeps Cook made an astonishing series of discoveries and rediscoveries including Easter Island, the Marquesas, Tahiti and the Society Islands, Niue, the Tonga Islands, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, and a number of smaller islands. Rounding Cape Horn, on the last part of the voyage, Cook discovered and charted South Georgia, after which he called at Cape Town. William Hodges was the artist with the expedition…This voyage produced a vast amount of information concerning the Pacific peoples and islands, proved the value of the chronometer as an aid in finding longitude, and improved techniques for preventing scurvy, in addition to the aforementioned discoveries.” (Hill), Size: 4to, Illustration: Complete with engraved portrait frontispiece and 63 plates, charts and portraits, many folding., Volume: 2 vol.,, References: [Hill p.61; Mitchell Library Cook 1216; Rosove 77A1; Sabin 16245; PMM 223], 4to, for W. Strahan and T.Cadell, 1777 . (PMM)., Pages: P. Vol 1. (5), frontis, title, (1), contents (6), introduction ix-xxxvi, list of plates xxxvii-xl, 1-378, (4); Vol 2. (4), title, (1), contents and errata (5), advertisement, 1-315, (1), half-title, (1), 319-396, (4)., Category: Book Voyages General;Book Pacific. Mispagination on xxvi, no loss. A few folding charts with small closed tears, vol.2 2A4 torn across page (no loss; professionally repaired), otherwise a fine copy. Text and plates are clean and crisp, bound in decorative period gilt diced calf. Item #B3134

Edition: first edition, Binding: contemporary diced calf with gilt tooled border, rebacked tastefully with matching diced calf with double-raised bands and six compartments, gilt nautical motifs, gilt text in 2 and 4. Board edges gilt, inner dentelles gilt. Endpapers marbled., Notes: The account of Cook’s second voyage. Captain Cook’s three great voyages from the basis for any collection of Pacific books. The success of Cook’s first voyage led the Admiralty to send him on a second expedition, described in the present work, which was to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible in search of any southern continents. Cook proved that there was no “Terra Australis” which supposedly lat between New Zealand and South America, but became convinced that there must be land beyond the ice fields. The men of this expedition became the first to cross the Antarctic Circle. Further visits were made to New Zealand, and on two great sweeps Cook made an astonishing series of discoveries and rediscoveries including Easter Island, the Marquesas, Tahiti and the Society Islands, Niue, the Tonga Islands, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, and a number of smaller islands. Rounding Cape Horn, on the last part of the voyage, Cook discovered and charted South Georgia, after which he called at Cape Town. William Hodges was the artist with the expedition…This voyage produced a vast amount of information concerning the Pacific peoples and islands, proved the value of the chronometer as an aid in finding longitude, and improved techniques for preventing scurvy, in addition to the aforementioned discoveries.” (Hill), Size: 4to, Illustration: Complete with engraved portrait frontispiece and 63 plates, charts and portraits, many folding., Volume: 2 vol.,, References: [Hill p.61; Mitchell Library Cook 1216; Rosove 77A1; Sabin 16245; PMM 223], 4to, for W. Strahan and T.Cadell, 1777 . (PMM)., Pages: P. Vol 1. (5), frontis, title, (1), contents (6), introduction ix-xxxvi, list of plates xxxvii-xl, 1-378, (4); Vol 2. (4), title, (1), contents and errata (5), advertisement, 1-315, (1), half-title, (1), 319-396, (4)., Category: Book Voyages General;Book Pacific.

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