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The Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World. Printed Verbatim from the Original Editions, and Embellished with a Selection of Engravings
London, Sherwood, Neely, & Jones / Richard Phillips, 1813 / 1800. Later printing. Hardcover Leather. pp. vii, 378; vi, 354; xvi, 348; vii, 295; ix, lxvii, 438; 504; 472.12mo. Frontispiece of Cook to volume I, total of 2 folding maps and 22 charming, folding engravings in the seven volumes. Plates are mostly in remarkable condition, with occasional light spotting and only a few mis-folded. Vol's I, II and IV through VII are Sherwood, 1813; Vol. III is Phillips, 1800. 3/4 brown leather over marbelled paper, except Vol. III which if full brown leather (and of a matching colour and size). Scuffing, leather dry, occasional foxing, varying degrees of wear to spines, a few of the folding plates mis-folded, Vol. I shows pencilling to first 4 pages, Vol. III missing prelims and leather is pocked with tide marks. This set covers Captain's Cook's three major voyages. Cook joined the British Navy in 1755, and in 1759 became master. He first commanded the Endeavour, which set sail in 1768 and in which he and his crew navigated the Pacific to observe the transit of Venus. On the return voyage Cook surveyed New Zealand and eastern Australia. During his second voyage, beginning in 1772 and aboard the Resolution and Adventure, Cook discovered the northernmost reaches of the Antarctic lands. During this voyage, he discovered New Caledonia, and visited Tahiti and the New Hebrides. In 1776, Cook set out on his third voyage, to discover a passage around the north coast of North America by way of the Pacific. Cook was compelled to turn back before succeeding in this last task, and was attacked and killed bythe natives of Karakakoa Bay, Hawaii, in 1779.
Offered for US$ 1500.00 by: Bison Books - Book number: 014495
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