(COOK JAMES; Captain) Ellis William An Authentic Narrative o

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THIRD VOYAGE (COOK, JAMES; Captain.) Ellis, William. An Authentic Narrative of a Voyage Performed by Captain Cooke and Captain Clerke. Folding map, 21 engraved plates. 2 volumes. 8vo, modern 1/2 calf; some foxing and browning. London: for G. Robinson et. al., 1783; 1782

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A mixed set, with a Second Edition of the first volume and a First Edition of the second. Ellis served as a surgeon's mate on both the Discovery and the Resolution and his account of the Third Voyage is one of the earliest printed. The plates, after drawings by Ellis himself, constitute some of the earliest published views of Hawaii, Alaska and the Northwest Coast of America. "[A]n important supplement to the official account, which it preceded by two years"--Forbes 41; Hill 555; Streeter Sale 3476.