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A voyage towards the South Pole, and round the world. : Performed in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. / Written by James Cook, commander of the Resolution. ; In which is included, Captain Furneaux's narrative of his proceedings in the Adventure during the separation of the ships. ; In two volumes. ; Illustrated with maps and charts, and a variety of portraits of persons and views of places, drawn during the voyage by Mr. Hodges, and engraved by the most eminent masters..

Accession number
PML 59386-87
Creator
Cook, James, 1728-1779.
Published
London: : Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand., 1777.
Credit line
Gift of Henry S. Morgan, 1969.
Notes
Vol. 1: xl, 378 p., [37] leaves of plates (some folded); v. 2: [8], 396 p., [28] leaves of plates (some folded).
Leaves of plates are numbered I-LXIII but are not arranged in numerical order within the two volumes; each volume also contains one unnumbered leaf of plates; a list of the plates appears in v. 1, p. [xxxvii]-xl, and this list contains one error: plate listed as LIV in v. 2 is actually numbered LIX on the plate itself.
Errata statement: v. 2, p. [7].
Bookseller's advertisements in v. 1, p. [viii], and in v. 2, p. [8].
"A vocabulary of the language of the Society Isles": v. 2, p. [317]-363.
"A discourse upon some late improvements of the means for preserving the health of mariners ... By Sir John Pringle": v. 2, p. [367]-396.
First ed.
Description
2 v. : ill., maps, plans, ports. ; 32 cm.
Binding
3/4 olive pigskin over marbled boards.
Classification
Department