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A voyage to the Pacific Ocean : undertaken by command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the...

A voyage to the Pacific Ocean : undertaken by command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the...

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A voyage to the Pacific Ocean : undertaken by command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the northern hemisphere, performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 : being a copious, comprehensive, and satisfactory abridgement of the voyage / written by James Cook and James King.

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Full title

A voyage to the Pacific Ocean : undertaken by command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the northern hemisphere, performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 : being a copious, comprehensive, and satisfactory abridgement of the voyage / written by James Cook and James King.

Author / Creator

Publisher

London : Printed for John Fielding ... [and others], 1784-1786.

Date

1784-1786.

Call Numbers

78/38 , 78/34 , 78/35 , 78/36 , 78/39 , 78/37 , 78/33 , 78/40

Record Identifier

74VKZbLlzb2Z

MMS ID

991018776309702626

Language

English

Formats

Physical Description

Physical content

4 v. : ill. (some folded), maps (some folded) ; 22 cm. (8vo)

Publication information

Publisher

London : Printed for John Fielding ... [and others], 1784-1786.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1784-1786.

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Alternative Titles

Full title

A voyage to the Pacific Ocean : undertaken by command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the northern hemisphere, performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 : being a copious, comprehensive, and satisfactory abridgement of the voyage / written by James Cook and James King.

Authors, Artists and Contributors

Author / Creator

Author / Artists

Notes

General note

Imprint varies.

Includes index.

NSL:D 1st set (78/33-36): vol. 1 pr. for John Fielding, 1785; vols. 2, 4 for John Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, John Fielding and John Hardy, 1784; vol. 3, John Fielding, 1786.

NSL:D 2nd set (78/37-40): vol. 1 pr. for John Fielding, 1785; vol. 2, for Scatcherd & Whitaker and C. Stalker, 1784; vols. 3-4, for John Fielding, 1786. Lacks Directions for placing the plates, and half-title to v. 1. Each vol. signed Edwd. Payne, Junr. ... 1795....

Citation / References Note

Cook bibliography. 2nd ed., 1551.

Additional physical form availability note

Selected images available online via the State Library of NSW at: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/album/albumView.aspx?itemID=950137&acmsid=0 ; Digital order number a5310.

Identifiers

Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

78/38 , 78/34 , 78/35 , 78/36 , 78/39 , 78/37 , 78/33 , 78/40

Record Identifier

74VKZbLlzb2Z

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKZbLlzb2Z

Other Identifiers

DDC

910.9164

MMS ID

991018776309702626

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