[COOK, James (1728-1779).] – [FIRST VOYAGE.] John HAWKESWORTH (1715-1773). 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 several Commanders, And from the papers of Joseph Banks . London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773. Second and best edition of Cook's First Voyage 1768-1771, with the map of the Straits of Magellan, not generally issued with the first edition of the same year. In the Preface to this edition, Hawkesworth responds to Alexander Dalrymple's heated reaction to the first edition and Cook's failure to search for or locate the Great Southern Continent. Volume I contains the voyages of Byron, Carteret and Wallis, with the discovery of Tahiti, and volumes II-III contain Hawkesworth's edited account of Lieutenant Cook's voyage (he was only promoted to Captain on his return). Cook's instructions for this first voyage were to observe the transit of Venus from Tahiti and to carry on John Byron's survey and examination of the seas between Cape Horn and New Holland, but they did not extend to searching for Terra Australis. He did, however, add more than 5,000 miles of coastline to Admiralty charts for Tahiti, Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, and New Zealand, which he circumnavigated. Beddie 650; Hill 783. 3 volumes, quarto (279 x 228 mm). 52 engraved plates, maps and charts (42 folding), including the large folding map of the Straits of Magellan, and an additional folding 1783 Cary map of the Kingdom of Naples bound in at end of vol. I (Straits of Magellan map in vol. I with 100mm tear and 'Chart of Part of the Coast of New South Wales' in vol. III with 120 mm tear, but both without loss, a few other minor and insignificant tears to folding maps, including the Naples map which is torn along creasefolds, 'Chart of Cooks Strait in New Zealand' in vol. II cropped at head just into image, fore-edge of folding pl. 16 in vol. III creased and dust-soiled, 'A Chart of New South Wales' in vol. III spotted and with marginal creasing, some variable light browning, gathering T in vol. I spotted). Contemporary calf (rebacked, repairs to corners). Provenance : evidence of armorial bookplates removed.
[COOK, James (1728-1779).] – [FIRST VOYAGE.] John HAWKESWORTH (1715-1773). 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 several Commanders, And from the papers of Joseph Banks . London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773. Second and best edition of Cook's First Voyage 1768-1771, with the map of the Straits of Magellan, not generally issued with the first edition of the same year. In the Preface to this edition, Hawkesworth responds to Alexander Dalrymple's heated reaction to the first edition and Cook's failure to search for or locate the Great Southern Continent. Volume I contains the voyages of Byron, Carteret and Wallis, with the discovery of Tahiti, and volumes II-III contain Hawkesworth's edited account of Lieutenant Cook's voyage (he was only promoted to Captain on his return). Cook's instructions for this first voyage were to observe the transit of Venus from Tahiti and to carry on John Byron's survey and examination of the seas between Cape Horn and New Holland, but they did not extend to searching for Terra Australis. He did, however, add more than 5,000 miles of coastline to Admiralty charts for Tahiti, Australia and the Great Barrier Reef, and New Zealand, which he circumnavigated. Beddie 650; Hill 783. 3 volumes, quarto (279 x 228 mm). 52 engraved plates, maps and charts (42 folding), including the large folding map of the Straits of Magellan, and an additional folding 1783 Cary map of the Kingdom of Naples bound in at end of vol. I (Straits of Magellan map in vol. I with 100mm tear and 'Chart of Part of the Coast of New South Wales' in vol. III with 120 mm tear, but both without loss, a few other minor and insignificant tears to folding maps, including the Naples map which is torn along creasefolds, 'Chart of Cooks Strait in New Zealand' in vol. II cropped at head just into image, fore-edge of folding pl. 16 in vol. III creased and dust-soiled, 'A Chart of New South Wales' in vol. III spotted and with marginal creasing, some variable light browning, gathering T in vol. I spotted). Contemporary calf (rebacked, repairs to corners). Provenance : evidence of armorial bookplates removed.
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