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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, F. Newberry, 1775 image 1
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, F. Newberry, 1775 image 2
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, F. Newberry, 1775 image 3
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MARRA (JOHN)]
Journal of the Resolution's Voyage in 1772, 1773, 1774 and 1775, FIRST EDITION, F. Newberry, 1775

29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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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, one folding engraved map, 5 engraved plates, early calf-backed vellum, gilt red morocco spine label, spine worn, sides soiled [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).

Provenance: C. Legh, ink ownership inscription inside upper cover, beside mark "M-3-12".

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