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THE SECOND VOYAGE COOK, JAMES. A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. 64 engraved maps and plates. 3 volumes, including a separate

THE SECOND VOYAGE COOK, JAMES. A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. 64 engraved maps and plates. 3 volumes, including a separate volume containing the plates. 4to, 19th century 1/2 dyed calf, worn at extremities, the plate volume rebacked with the original backstrip, lettering pieces defective; scattered foxing to the plates. London, 1777

  • Notes: first edition of cook's second voyage. "The success of Cook's first voyage led the Admiralty to send him on a second expedition... which was to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible in search of any southern continents. Cook proved there was no 'Terra Australis'... This voyage produced a vast amount of information concerning the Pacific peoples and islands"--Hill 358.

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