A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World, Undertaken and Performed by Royal Authority. Containing a New, Authentic, Entertaining, Instructive, Full, and Complete Historical Account of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages, Undertaken by Order of his Present Majesty, for Making New Discoveries in Geography, Navigation, Astronomy, &c. in the Southern and Northern Hemispheres, &c. &c. &c. and Successively Performed In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771-1772, 1773, 1774, 1775-1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780. His First Voyage - . for observing the Transit of Venus.; His Second - in the Resolution and Adventure.; His Third and Last - in the Resolution and Discovery. etc. etc. etc. The Whole comprehending .

Cook's Voyages; Anderson, G.W.

Published by New York Herald, London, 1784

About this Item

iv, pp 5-655, [v], directions to printers, subscribers. Complete with frontispiece and 148 plates, with large folding map. Robustly bound in calf. The map in unusually good condition, without tearing or repairs. This shows routes of the various voyages in detail. Includes the three Cook voyages, and accounts of those of Byron, Wallis, Carteret, Mulgrave, Anson and Drake. Frontispiece date 1781.

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• Title: A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World, Undertaken and Performed by Royal Authority. Containing a New, Authentic, Entertaining, Instructive, Full, and Complete Historical Account of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages, Undertaken by Order of his Present Majesty, for Making New Discoveries in Geography, Navigation, Astronomy, &c. in the Southern and Northern Hemispheres, &c. &c. &c. and Successively Performed In the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771-1772...
• Publisher: New York Herald, London
• Publication Date: 1784
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
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