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

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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. One folding map (missing lower portion), lacking folding chart of voyage; engraved portrait of Cook and 43 (of 45) plates, with left half missing from plate showing death of Cook. 4 volumes. 8vo, contemporary sheep, worn; contents browned with scattered stains, half-titles lacking as usual; contemporary owner's signatures on title pages and elsewhere. New York: Tiebout and O'Brien for Benjamin Gomez, 1796

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first complete american edition, after the 1784 first octavo (see above), with an additional life of Cook at the end of Volume 4. Beddie 1579; Forbes 259.