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Vol. 1 Only
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Price: |
250.00 |
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Title: |
A Voyage to The Pacific Ocean
undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, For Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, Performed Under the Direction of
Captains Cook, Clerke and Gore in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780
Compiled from the Various Accounts of that Voyage Hitherto Published
Embellished with forty elegant Engravings in Two Volumes
Vol. 1 Only is offered for sale here |
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Description: |
1818 -
Hardcover (leather) - Robert Desilver, Philadelphia - 445 pages -
Engravings - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 |
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Condition: |
Names written front and rear endpapers and flys, varying amounts of age discoloration,
damp stain at top corner front endpaper diminishing to page 90, name noted on one other page,
front cover hanging on by a couple of threads, rear cover more attached,
couple small side edge tears, tanning outer page edges, covers edge worn and exposed, top spine cover missing. |
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Summary: |
Brief view of contents:
Captains Cook and Clerke appointed to the Resolution and Discover - Teneriffe - Cape of Good Hope -
Queen Charlott'e Sound - New Zealand - Omai - Hervey's Island - Friendly Isles -
Mourning cermonies - Otaheite - War canoes - Preserving the body of a dead chief - Huaheine
Nootka Sound - Wooden masks - Songs - Houses, Food, Canoes -
Cape Prince of Wales - Native weapons- Fields of ice and imminent danger of the two shipsCLICK THE "MORE IMAGES" LINK ABOVE TO SEE MORE OF THIS TITLE |
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