An Account Of The Voyages Undertaken By The Order Of His Present Majesty, For Making Discoveries In The Southern Hemisphere, And Successfully Performed By Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, And Captain Cook. In the Dolphin, the Swallow and the Endeavour.
Dublin: A. Leathley, J Exshaw, W. Sleates...... 1773. 8vo. Hardcover. 3 vols. Contemporary full morocco, wear, but quite intact. Contemporary ink writing on the title pages. Rare Dublin edition issued with no illustrations, in 1773, the first published account (in the same year) after the official account. Bagnall 2514 states it is complete unillustrated; Mitchell 649 mentions a map for Vol 1. not present here and no evidence of its inclusion. A handsome set of this important account of Cook's first voyage. Very Good. Item #016001
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