An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern hemisphere : and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour : drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq / by John Hawkesworth, LL.D. ; in three volumes ; illustrated with cuts, and a great variety of charts and maps relative to countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for W. Strahan, and T. Cadell ..., 1773.
Physical Description:
3 v. plates (part fold.) maps (part fold., incl. front.) charts (part fold.) 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC : "The earliest issues of the first edition lack the directions for placing the cuts and the Chart of the Streight of Magellan ..."--Sydney. Public Library of New South Wales. Mitchell Library. Bibliography of Captain James Cook. 2d ed. Sydney, 1970, no. 648. In the British Art Center copy, the directions are
Subject Terms:
Voyages around the world. | Oceania -- Discovery and exploration.