An Account of the Voyages by the order of his present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour.
by COOK. HAWKESWORTH, JOHN
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London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773,Contemporary full mottled calf gilt, a very attractive set.
FIRST EDITION, 3 volumes, 52 engraved plates, charts and maps (most folding or double-page, including "A Chart of the Straights of Magellan")
Volume I contains the voyages of Byron, Carteret and Wallis, with the discovery of Tahiti, and volumes II-III contain Hawkesworth's edited account of Lieutenant Cook's voyage (he was only promoted to Captain on his return). Cook's instructions for this first voyage were to observe the transit of Venus from Tahiti and to carry on John Byron's survey and examination of the seas between Cape Horn and New Holland, but they did not extend to searching for Terra Australis. He did, however, add more than 5,000 miles of coastline to Admiralty charts for Tahiti, Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, and New Zealand, which he circumnavigated.
[Beddie, BCJC 648; Hill (2004) 782; Sabin 30934]
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- Bruce Marshall Rare Books (GB)
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- Title
- An Account of the Voyages by the order of his present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour.
- Author
- COOK. HAWKESWORTH, JOHN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- W. Stahan and T. Cadell
- Date Published
- 1773
- Size
- 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- cook, Byron, Wallis, Tahiti, Australia,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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