A Voyage To The Pacific Ocean. Undertaken By The Command Of His Majesty, For Making Discoveries In The Northern Hemisphere…
H. Chamberlaine, etc. 1784. Edition: First Dublin Edition. , Binding: Original full calf boards. Spine with gilt rules, title in gilt in red label, volume number in gilt in green label. All edges cut. , Notes: We are not sure if this volume had accompanying plate volume or published without the maps. Occasional period marginalia. Fold-out appendix in vol. 3. Vols. 1 and 2 written by Cook, Vol. 3 written by King. Important accounts of Cook’s third and last journey. Books listed in order below:
Vol. 1:
1. Transactions from the beginning of the voyage till our departure from New Zealand
2. From leaving New Zealand, to our arrival at Otaheite, or the Society Islands
Vol. 2:
3. Transactions at the Otaheite, and the Society Islands; and prosecution of the voyage to the coast of North America.
4. Transactions amongst the natives of North America; discoveries along that Coast and the Eastern Extremity of Asia, northward to Icy Cape; and return southward to the Sandwich Islands
Vol. 3:
5. Captain King’s journal of the transactions on returning to the Sandwich Islands.
6. Transactions during the second expedition to the North, by the way of Kamtschatka; and on the return home, by the way of Canton and the Cape of Good Hope
Captain James Cook (1728 – 1779) was a famous British explorer and navigator, killed during this last voyage during his attempt to kidnap the ruling chief of the Island of Hawaii.
Captain James King (1750 – 1784) was an officer of the British Navy, serving under Cook during his last voyage.
, Size: 8vo., Volume: 6 volumes in 3., Provenance: Ex-Libris Rob. Hood, Category: Book Voyages General;. Worn, some covers loose. Spines are defective, but interior very good. Item #B6687
Price: $575.00