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COOK (JAMES) and JAMES KING
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the Years 1776, 1778, 1779, and 1780, 4 vol. (including Atlas)

22 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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COOK (JAMES) and JAMES KING

A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the Years 1776, 1778, 1779, and 1780, 4 vol. (including Atlas), second edition, 87 engraved plates, maps and charts by F. Bartolozzi, J.K. Sherwin, S. Middiman, W. Sharp, W. Ellis, J. Basire, W. Angus and others after John Webber, William Bligh, Henry Roberts and others, one folding letterpress table, some foxing, large general map laid on linen, bookplates of John Peyto and Robert John Verney, Lords Willoughby de Broke, text in contemporary tree calf gilt, volume one rebacked preserving original spine, volumes 2-3 with spines chipped and one or two covers detached, Atlas in contemporary half calf [Hill 361; Lada-Mocarski 37; Sabin 16250], 4to and folio, H. Hughs, for G. Nicol, and T. Cadell, 1785

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The official account of Cook's third voyage, which was directed principally to the search for the Northwest Passage from the Pacific. After calling at Kerguelen Island, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Cook, Tonga, and Society Islands, the expedition sailed north, discovering Christmas Island and the Hawaiian Islands. See illustration on preceding page.

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