(Cook, Captain James) — Captain King | "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean," New York edition

(Cook, Captain James) — Captain King

A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean for making discoveries in the northern hemisphere... New York: Tiebout and O'Brien for Benjamin Gomez, 1796

4 vols., 8vo (204 x 118 mm). 47 plates, some folding; remnants of map vol. I opposite xxxii, vol. I chip to plate opposite p. 161, mainly marginal, vol. II small holes, mainly marginal, with restoration to plate opposite p. 163, vol. III tear to chart of different islands opposite p. 148, repaired with adhesive tape, leaves generally toned with some soiling and occasional chips and tears. Vols. I and III-IV contemporary tree calf, vol. II contemporary calf (probably supplied from another set); restoration to spines, vol. II rebacked, upper covers of vols. I and III restored. Clamshell box.

The New York edition of Cook's first voyage.

This is the first expanded edition of Cook printed in America, preceded by a single volume edition in 1783 and an abridged edition in 1792. The expanded text includes the Life of Captain James Cook at the end of volume IV. The plates in this edition were reproduced from the folio atlas of the 1784 English edition. This set lacks the world map not called for in the plate list and often wanting.

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