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COOK, JAMES; and KING, JAMES. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean; for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere; Performed . . . in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, 1780. Engraved portrait of Cook and 48 engraved plates; 2 folding maps. Half-titles. 4 volumes. 8vo, contemporary calf gilt with morocco lettering pieces, lacking all but the last numbering piece, spine ends chipped, joints cracked or starting; contents generally quite clean, with only minor dampstain in corner of last few leaves of subscribers' list, lacks leaf with plate list. Armorial bookplates of R. Wright. London: John Stockdale et al., 1784-86
Abridged account of Cook's third voyage, " 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.
