A voyage to the Pacific ocean undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere : to determine the position and extent of the west by James Cook, James King
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Title:
A voyage to the Pacific ocean
Sub Title:
undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere : to determine the position and extent of the west
Author(s):
James Cook, James King
Circulation:
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Published:
1784
Edition:
1st Edition
Document:
Book · Hardcover
Physical Description:
3 volumes : 25 illustrations, maps (some folded) ; 30 cm (4to) + 1 atlas (63 leaves of plates (2 folded) : all illustrations, 2 maps, portraits ; 58 cm (folio))
Genre:
Voyages
First edition of the account of Captain James Cook's third voyage (1776-1780), consisting of three quarto volumes of text and plates, and one folio atlas, the latter without title-page
Vol. 3. Appendices: I. Tables of the route of the Resolution and Discovery, the variation of the compass, and meteorological observations, during the voyage II. A comparative table of numerals [in various languages] III. Vocabulary of the language of the Friendly Islands IV. Vocabulary of the language of Nootka, or King George's Sound V. Vocabulary of the language of Atooi, one of the Sandwich Islands VI. Table to shew the affinity between the languages spoken at Oonalashka and Norton Sound, and those of the Greenlanders and Esquimaux
87 leaves of plates
87 leaves of plates
- James Cook, 1728-1779 (Author)
- James King, 1750-1794 (Author)
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Book | 1st Edition, Volume 1 | 1784 | W. AND A. STRAND | Read Online · Internet Archive |
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Book | 1st Edition, Volume 2 | 1784 | W. AND A. STRAND | Read Online · Internet Archive |
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Book | 1st Edition, Volume 3 | 1784 | W. AND A. STRAND | Read Online · Internet Archive |
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