Journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean on Discovery : performed in the years 177...
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Journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean on Discovery : performed in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, illustrated with cuts, and a chart, shewing the tracts of the ships employed in this expedition. Faithfully narrated from the original MS.
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78/31 , RB/DS990A/84 , DSM/980/CO4/R/1A1
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74VKMKb5DJBA
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Journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean on Discovery : performed in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, illustrated with cuts, and a chart, shewing the tracts of the ships employed in this expedition. Faithfully narrated from the original MS.
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Journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean on Discovery : performed in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, illustrated with cuts, and a chart, shewing the tracts of the ships employed in this expedition. Faithfully narrated from the original MS.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
London : Printed for E. Newbery, 1781.
Date
1781.
Call Numbers
78/31 , RB/DS990A/84 , DSM/980/CO4/R/1A1
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Language
English
Formats
— Physical Description
Contents
[4], xlvi, 388 [i.e. 396] p., [6] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. (1 folded), folded map, port. ; 21 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
London : Printed for E. Newbery, 1781.
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Copyright status: Out of copyright.
Please acknowledge: State Library of New South Wales.
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— SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Summary
The Forbes AA state and the earliest known state of the 1st ed. It includes the uncancelled leaf D4 (p. xxxix-xl) and the cancelled leaves (p. xxxix-xlvi). The uncancelled state contains no new information, specifically, Cook's observations of the non-existence of the Southern Continent, from words taken from his official account to the second voya...
— ALTERNATIVE TITLES
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Journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean on Discovery : performed in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, illustrated with cuts, and a chart, shewing the tracts of the ships employed in this expedition. Faithfully narrated from the original MS.
— AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS
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— NOTES
General note
"A surreptitious and anonymous publication anticipating the authorised account ..."--Cook bibliography.
Attributed to John Rickman; previously attributed to John Ledyard, and also to William Ellis.
Cook bibliography. 2nd ed. No. 1607.
P. 393-396 incorrectly numbered 381, 378-9 and 388.
Mitchell Library copy at 980/CO4/R/1A1 has inscription on cover and...
Additional physical form availability note
Also available online via the State Library of NSW at: http://digital.sl.nsw.gov.au/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?embedded=true&toolbar=false&dps_pid=IE4030050
Date Published
1781.
Identifiers
— PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS
Call Numbers
78/31 , RB/DS990A/84 , DSM/980/CO4/R/1A1
Record Identifier
74VKMKb5DJBA
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— OTHER IDENTIFIERS
DDC
910.41
910.9164
MMS ID
991021173039702626
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