Captain James Cook
Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific
Price, Whitestone, Chamberlain, et al
1781
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A First Dublin Edition of Captain James Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific.
- Captain James Cook (English).
- John Rickman (English).
- Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, on Discovery; Performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779.
- Dublin: Price, Whitestone, Chamberlain, et al, 1781.
- Octavo.
- [4], xlvii, [1], 396 pages.
- Complete with 5 engraved plates (including frontispiece plate of the Death of Cook) and large folding map.
- Contemporary calf rebacked to style, marbled endpapers.
The first Dublin edition of the first full account in English of Cook's third and final voyage. Rickman was a second lieutenant aboard the Discovery.
"It provides an important supplement to the official account of the Third Voyage published in 1784" (Forbes).
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Very GoodOccasional spotting and dust-soiling.
Minor signs of age and handling.
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