Cook, James

An Account of the Voyages ... for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere ... by John Hawkesworth. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773



3 volumes, 4to (11 1/2 x 9 in.; 292 x 228 mm). 50 engraved maps and plates (40 folding); mended tear in right edge of South Seas chart entering image and in Magellan Straits map, occasional light spotting.



With:
A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World ... Performed ... in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775 ... by James Cook. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777



2 volumes, 4to (11 1/8 x 9 in.; 282 x 228 mm). 1 folding table; lacking all plates.



With:
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean ... for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere ... in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 ... by Captain James Cook [and] Captain James King. London: W. and A. Strahan, 1784



3 text volumes, 4to (11 1/4 x 9 in.; 285 x 228 mm), and atlas folio (23 1/4 x 17 in; 590 x 432 mm). Text volumes with 24 engraved maps and plates (15 folding), 1 folding table, atlas with 63 engraved maps and plates, plus 1 repeat, all guarded with tissue; tear in right frame of Northwest Coast map.



Together 8 volumes text and one atlas volume; some offset, toning and occasional marginal spotting. Hawkesworth in contemporary diced calf with gilt-ruled frame, Cook in contemporary mottled calf with gilt roll-tooled floral frame, Cook/King in contemporary tree calf with blind-tooled floral frame, all uniformly rebacked in calf with gold-stamped emblems in compartments and gold-stamped leather labels on spine.

Hill, Pacific Voyages, pp. 61, 139

An Account of the Voyages ... for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere ... by John Hawkesworth. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773 3 volumes, 4to (11 ½ x 9 in.; 292 x 228 mm). 50 engraved maps and plates (40 folding); mended tear in right edge of South Seas chart entering image and in Magellan Straits map, occasional light spotting. With: A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World ... Performed ... in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775 ... by James Cook. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777 2 volumes, 4to (11 1/8 x 9 in.; 282 x 228 mm). 1 folding table; lacking all plates. With: A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean ... for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere ... in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 ... by Captain James Cook [and] Captain James King. London: W. and A. Strahan, 1784 3 text volumes, 4to (11 ¼ x 9 in.; 285 x 228 mm), and atlas folio (23 ¼ x 17 in; 590 x 432 mm). Text volumes with 24 engraved maps and plates (15 folding), 1 folding table, atlas with 63 engraved maps and plates, plus 1 repeat, all guarded with tissue; tear in right frame of Northwest Coast map. Together 8 volumes text and one atlas volume; some offset, toning and occasional marginal spotting. Hawkesworth in contemporary diced calf with gilt-ruled frame, Cook in contemporary mottled calf with gilt roll-tooled floral frame, Cook/King in contemporary tree calf with blind-tooled floral frame, all uniformly rebaced in calf with gold-stamped emblems in compartments and gold-stamped leather labels on spine.
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First editions of all three voyages. The official accounts of Captain Cook's three circumnavigations. His many discoveries resulted in English claims in Alaska, British Columbia, Oregon, Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii.