Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Seereisen des berühmten Capitain Cook.
Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Seereisen des berühmten Capitain Cook.
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Full title
Publisher
Reval [Tallinn, Estonia] ; und Leipzig : bey Albrecht und Compagnie, 1780.
Date
1780.
Call Numbers
SAFE 1/458
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Language
- German
- English
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Physical Description
Physical content
48 p. ; 18 cm. (8vo)
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Reval [Tallinn, Estonia] ; und Leipzig : bey Albrecht und Compagnie, 1780.
Date Published
1780.
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Mitchell Library copy at SAFE 1/ 458 : Supervised access only by appointment through Manager Access & Information.
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Full title
Nachrichten von dem Leben und den Seereisen des berühmten Capitain Cook.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
"Undoubtedly the first account of Cook's death to be printed in book form." -- Note accompanying Nan Kivell copy.
Possibly by J.R. or G. Forster -- Bibliography of Captain James Cook.
Primarily "Auszug des Briefes von Kensington den 4ten Febr. 1780 : die Nachrichten von Kapitain Cook betreffend" (p. [17]-44).
Mitchell Library copy: Acquired from Hordern House Rare Books, Sydney, July 2007. Bound in half calf and boards with "Briefe aus England historisch-, statistisch- und artistischen Inhalts (1780)....
Citation / References Note
Mitchell Library, Sydney. Bibliography of Captain James Cook, 241, 1954, 2432.
Language note
Chiefly in German. Includes two poems in English, 'On the death of Captain Cook' (8 lines, t.p. verso), and 'An elegy on the death of Captain Cook' (p. 44-47).
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE 1/458
Record Identifier
74VK7lmm6oVO
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MMS ID
991022982699702626
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