COOK JAMES; and JAMES KING A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean

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COOK, JAMES; and JAMES KING. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean . . . for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. 2 folding maps (one with a repaired tear), 49 engraved plates. 4 volumes. 8vo, contemporary calf, moderate wear, joints split or starting, with all original title labels, but most volumes lacking numbering pieces; internally quite clean, with some minor dampstaining on the last 3 leaves, lacking the plate list leaf at the end of Volume IV; early bookplates on front pastedowns. With half-titles. London: Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, 1784

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An abridged account of Cook's fatal third voyage, including pioneering visits to what are now Alaska, British Columbia, and Hawaii, where he was killed on the beach. "This abridged account is preferred by some readers because, the nautical and technical parts having been deleted, the work reads more like an adventure"--Hill 362. Beddie 1551; Forbes 69; Sabin 16251.