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Creator:
Cook, James, 1728-1779
Title:
Captain Cook's Voyages round the world : the first performed in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771 : the second in 1772, 1773, 1774, 1775 : the third and last in 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 : for making discoveries in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, by order of His present Majesty : containing a relation of all the interesting transactions which occurred in the course of the voyages : including Captain Furneaux's Journal of his proceedings during the separation of the ships : with a narrative of Commodore Phipps's Voyage to the North Pole, and an abridgement of Foster's introduction to his History of northern discoveries on the progress of navigation : to which is added, Governor Phillip's Voyage to Botany-Bay, with an account of the establishment of the colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, &c. &c.
Published / Created:
Newcastle : Printed by M. Brown, 1790.
Physical Description:
2 v. : ill., ports., maps ; 21 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
G420 C62 1790 Copy 1

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Illustrations by Thomas Bewick, Ralph Beilby, Hunter, Daniel Lizars, and W. Shillito.

Vol. 2 has title: A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...

Hugo, T. Bewick collector, 55
Subject Terms:
Dixon, John -- Autograph. | Brown, M. -- Printer. | Voyages around the world. | Oceania -- Discovery and exploration. | Stipple engraving -- Specimens -- 1790. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1790.
Contributors:
Bewick, Thomas, 1753–1828, engraver. | Beilby, Ralph, 1744–1817, engraver. | Hunter, engraver. | Lizars, Daniel, d. 1812, engraver. | Shillito, W., engraver.