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Lot 81

MARRA (JOHN)]
Journal of the Resolution's Voyage in 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775. On Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere, by Which the Non-Existence of an Undiscovered Continent, between the Equator and the 50th Degree of Southern Latitude, is Demonstratively Proved. Also a Journal of the Adventure's Voyage, in the Years 1772, 1773, and 1774, FIRST EDITION

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[MARRA (JOHN)]

Journal of the Resolution's Voyage in 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775. On Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere, by Which the Non-Existence of an Undiscovered Continent, between the Equator and the 50th Degree of Southern Latitude, is Demonstratively Proved. Also a Journal of the Adventure's Voyage, in the Years 1772, 1773, and 1774, FIRST EDITION, 5 engraved plates, folding engraved map (frayed at fore-margin with minor loss), spotting, contemporary quarter calf, covers detached [Hill 1087; BCJC 1775; Kroepelien 809; O'Reilly-Reitman 379; Sabin 16247], 8vo, F. Newberry, 1775

Footnotes

The first account of Cook's second voyage, published surreptitiously eighteen months prior to the official account. Marra, who had served on the first voyage, was a gunner's mate on the Resolution and made an unsuccessful attempt to desert at Tahiti. The Journal "records many incidents omitted by Cook, and gives the reasons which caused Sir Joseph Banks and his twelve assistants to withdraw from the expedition at the last moment" (Hill).

Saleroom notices

The map is lacking approximately half the image, not "minor loss" as stated.

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