A New, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority :

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Creator
Anderson, G. W. (George William)
Cook, James, 1728-1779.
Title
A New, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world, undertaken and performed by royal authority : containing an authentic, entertaining, full, and complete history of Captain Cook's first, second, third and last voyages, undertaken by order of his present Majesty, for making discoveries in geography, navigation, astronomy, &c. in the southern and northern hemispheres & c. &c. &c. ... the whole comprehending a full account, from the earliest period to the present time ...
Published
London : Printed for the proprietors, and published by Alex. Hogg ..., 1784.
Identifier
oocihm.18399
18399
Subject
Anson, George,1697-1762.
Byron, John,1723-1786.
Carteret, Philip,d. 1796.
Cook, James,1728-1779.
Drake, Francis,1540?-1596
Phipps, Constantine John,1744-1792.
Wallis, Samuel,1728-1795.
Carteret, Philip,m. 1796.
Voyages around the world.
Voyages autour du monde.
Document source
Electronic reproduction.
Notes
"It is proper to observe, that some other Editions of these Works ... would cost a Purchaser the enormous Sum of upwards of Twenty Guiness ... but the PRESENT EDITION, by being published in only EIGHTY SIX-PENNY NUMBERS ... enables every Person, whatever may be his Circumstances, to become familiarly acquainted with those extraordinary and important Voyages and Discoveries ..."
In double columns.
Tables.
The final two pages of the List of Subscribers and the publisher's catalogue are wanting.
Bibliography of Captain James Cook / M.K. Beddie, numbers 18.
iv, [5]-655, [4] pages : illustrations, maps, ports ; 39 cm.
Collection
Monographs
Language
English
URL
https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.18399