Author: BANKES (Thomas), BLAKE (Edward Warren) & COOK
Title: By the King's royal license and authority. A new royal authentic and complete system of universal geography antient and modern: Including all the late important discoveries made by the English, and other celebrated navigators of various nations, in the different hemispheres, and containing a complete genuine history and description of the whole world,... throughout Europe, Asia, Africa and America...
Description: London: Printed by C. Cooke, [c. 1790]. 2 Vols., folio, [2], 460; [2], [441]-990, [2, directions to the binder], [4, list of subscribers]pp., lacks most plates and maps, text age-toned and with occasional staining, cont. red morocco, rubbed and worn. With 8 plates and 3 torn and defective maps: Vol. I. Plate. p. 157. Plate. p. 203. Plate. p. 407. Vol. II. Frontispiece. Map. p. 541. Map. p. 580. Plates x 2. p.685. Map. p. 906. Plates x 2. p. 920.

Keywords: TRAVEL GEOGRAPHY NAVIGATION CARTOGRAPHY MAPS AUSTRALIA CAPTAIN COOK