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COOK (JAMES)
HAWKESWORTH (JOHN) A New Voyage, Round the World, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771; Undertaken by Order of His Present Majesty, Performed by Captain James Cooke, in the Ship Endeavour, 2 vol.

19 June 2013, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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COOK (JAMES)

HAWKESWORTH (JOHN) A New Voyage, Round the World, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771; Undertaken by Order of His Present Majesty, Performed by Captain James Cooke, in the Ship Endeavour, 2 vol., 2 folding plates (engraved by Paul Revere), one folding engraved map (one margin, and one text leaf margin neatly strengthened with archival tissue), browning, early bookplate of James Giles, modern calf gilt [Beddie 656; Holmes 9; Sabin 30936], 8vo, New York, James Rivington, 1774

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THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF THE OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF COOK'S FIRST VOYAGE, and the first American work to publish details of the Australian east coast. The folding map is the first proper American depiction of a complete Australian continent.

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