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Cook/King, Voyages Two, 1776-80, London, Strahan, 1784-85, 3v
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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 side of North America, its distance from Asia, and the practicability of a northern passage to Europe; Performed under the
direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty’s ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780; In three
volumes; Vol. I and II written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S.; Vol. III by Captain James King, LL.D. and F.R.S..; Illustrated with maps and charts, from
the original drawings made by Lieut. Henry Roberts, under the direction of Captain Cook; And with a great variety of portraits of persons, views of
places, and historical representations of remarkable incidents, drawn by Mr. Webber during the voyage, and engraved by the most eminent artists;
Published by order of the Lords of the Admiralty: by James Cook and James King, Vol. 1-3, London, pr. by W. & A. Strahan for G. Nicol and T. Strand,
1784-85. (Each volume has separate pagination. Both texts lack indexes. TOCs for each volume follow the titel pages. Appendices are in Vol. 3 as follows: No.
I, starts p. 491, provides chronological tables for the routes of the journeys; No. II, between pp. 528 & 529, comparative table of number used in
various societies visited; No. III, Vocabulary of the language of the Friendly Islands, starts p. 29; No. IV, Vocabulary of the language of Nootka, or
King George’s Sound, starts p. 540; No. V, same for Atooi in the Sandwich Islands, starts p. 547; No. VI, Table for affinity between various languages
encountered, starts p. 552; No. VII, Table for variations of compass reading between England and Cape of Good Hope, starts p. 554.
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Title:
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 side of North America; its distance from Asia; and the practicability of a northern passage to Europe : performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 / vol. I and II written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S; vol. III by Captain James King, L.L.D. and F.R.S; illustrated with maps and charts, from the original drawings made by Lieut. Henry Roberts, under the direction of Captain Cook; and with a great variety of portraits of persons, views of places, and historical representations of remarkable incidents, drawn by Mr. Webber during the voyage, and engraved by the most eminent artists.
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OCLC Number:
797858026
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Available Volumes
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| Name | Fiche Count | Online | Paper Backup |
| V. 1 | | Yes | No |
| V. 2 | | Yes | No |
| V. 3 | | Yes | No |
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