Author: ZIMMERMANN, HEINRICH.
Title: Zimmermann's Account Of The Third Voyage Of Captain Cook 1776-1780. Translated by Miss U. Tewsley, of the Library Staff, under direction of Johannes C. Anderson. With a few Explanatory Notes. Alexander Turnbull Library Bulletin No. 2.
Description: 8vo; pp. 49; 2 plates, pattern endpapers; 1 large folding map at rear, appendix; original brown cloth, staining to cloth, bookplate, spine and corners bumped, a good copy. Wellington, W.A.G. Skinner (Government Printer), 1926. The author sailed with Cook on his voyage in search of the North West passage between Asia and America in 1776 aboard the Resolution and provides an excellent account including descriptions of Australian aborigines, a comparison of languages and much more. Cooks attitude to their welfare, and an account of the murder of Cook. Map details voyage of Cook.

Keywords: Australian maritime history Pacific Captain Cook third voyage Alexander Turnbull Tewsley Anderson Australian Aboriginal New Holland Polynesia Maori Pacific Tonga niue