Cook, Captain James & King, Captain James. 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. In three volumes. Vol. I. and II. written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S. Vol. III. by Captain James King, LL.D. and F.R.S. Illustrated with Maps and Charts, from the Original Drawings made by Lieut. Henry Roberts, under the Direction of Captain. Published by Order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Vol. I. [II, III]. Dublin: Printed for H. Chamberlaine, W. Watson, Potts, Williams, Cross, Jackson, Moncrieffe, Walker, Jenkin, Burnet, Wilson, Wogan, Exshaw, Vallance, Beatty, White, Whitestone, Burton, Byrne, Mills, J. Porter, Stewart, Wallace, Higly, Cash, Herey and Mc.Kenzie. M,DCC,LXXXIV. 3 vols., demy 8vo, text & 1 vol. med. 4to, Atlas; Vol. 1, pp. [viii], xcviii, 422(last blank); portrait of Cook by Dance as frontispiece; Vol. 2, pp. [xvi](first 2 blank), 552(last 3 blank); Vol. 3, pp. [xii](last blank), 560(last blank); folding comparative table of numbers expressed in various languages of the Malay region; 6 other appendices; Atlas, 25 (of 26) folding and full-page charts and coastal views; text vols. in full contemporary tree calf with contrasting spine labels; (spine ends with very slight wear & a couple of small defects to leather); atlas in contemporary quarter calf, with marbled sides (spine a little worn, with a small defect at top); generally very fine, clean and crisp; an excellent set. Dublin; Printed for H. Chamberlaine [etc.]; 1784.
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