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JAMES COOK (1728-1779)
A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, In the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. In which is included Captain Furneaux's Narrative of his Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777. 2 volumes. 64 engraved plates, maps and charts, 31 folding, including the portrait of Cook and the large chart of the Southern Hemisphere, with strong impressions of the views by Hodges. (Occasional browning or off-setting.) Provenance: Mr. Gibbon (early presentation inscriptions from him on titles). FIRST EDITION OF COOK'S SECOND VOYAGE on which he was directed to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible to search for any southern continent. He made the first crossing of the Antarctic Circle, reaching 710 10' south, dispelled the myth of Terra Australis and surveyed his new discoveries: Palmerston Island, Niue, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. As importantly, he proved the value of the marine chronometer in determining longitude and lost no men to scurvy aboard his ships. Appended is Sir John Pringle's Discourse upon some late improvements of the means of preserving the health of mariners, prepared from letters he received from Cook in 1776 in which his methods of preventing scurvy and disease at sea were described. Hill 358; Beddie 1216.
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by Command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the Directions of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, In His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. The Second Edition. London: H. Hughs for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785. 3 text volumes only. 24 engraved plates, maps and charts, 13 folding, engraved title vignettes, folding table, appended with vocabularies for Hawaii, Tonga, Nootka Sound and Unalaska. (Some browning and offsetting). SECOND EDITION OF COOK'S THIRD VOYAGE unchanged except for the imprint and shortened title which in the first edition further instructed Cook to 'determine the position and extent of the West Side of North America; its distance from Asia; and the practicality of a Northern Passage to Europe'. It may have been the directive relating to the West Side of North America which so concerned the American Congress that Benjamin Franklin's 'Safe Passage' request for Cook's ship was withdrawn. The North-West Passage was not discovered but Hawaii was. On the voyage north from Cape Horn they called at Van Diemen's Land, the South Island of New Zealand, Tonga and Tahiti before discovering, or re-discovering, Hawaii where Cook was welcomed and fêted. He considered it his most important discovery and it was the ideal place to winter once he completed his charts and search along the Northwest coast, the Aleutians and through Bering Strait. Returning to Hawaii in February, 1779 he was killed in a skirmish with natives at Kealakekua Bay and the debate over his death continues to this day. Captain Clerke took command of the expedition and the ships returned to Alaska to continue's Cook's search until they were stopped by ice. Following Clerke's death, Captains Gore and King brought home the ships, and news of their discoveries and of Cook's death. Beddie 1552; Hill 361 and Lada-Mocarski 37 (first edition).
2 works in 5 volumes, 4° (290 x 235mm). Uniformly bound in contemporary speckled half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-pieces in 2 (rebacked retaining original spines and lettering-pieces bearing vol. numbers). (5)
A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, In the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. In which is included Captain Furneaux's Narrative of his Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777. 2 volumes. 64 engraved plates, maps and charts, 31 folding, including the portrait of Cook and the large chart of the Southern Hemisphere, with strong impressions of the views by Hodges. (Occasional browning or off-setting.) Provenance: Mr. Gibbon (early presentation inscriptions from him on titles). FIRST EDITION OF COOK'S SECOND VOYAGE on which he was directed to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible to search for any southern continent. He made the first crossing of the Antarctic Circle, reaching 71
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by Command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the Directions of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, In His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. The Second Edition. London: H. Hughs for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785. 3 text volumes only. 24 engraved plates, maps and charts, 13 folding, engraved title vignettes, folding table, appended with vocabularies for Hawaii, Tonga, Nootka Sound and Unalaska. (Some browning and offsetting). SECOND EDITION OF COOK'S THIRD VOYAGE unchanged except for the imprint and shortened title which in the first edition further instructed Cook to 'determine the position and extent of the West Side of North America; its distance from Asia; and the practicality of a Northern Passage to Europe'. It may have been the directive relating to the West Side of North America which so concerned the American Congress that Benjamin Franklin's 'Safe Passage' request for Cook's ship was withdrawn. The North-West Passage was not discovered but Hawaii was. On the voyage north from Cape Horn they called at Van Diemen's Land, the South Island of New Zealand, Tonga and Tahiti before discovering, or re-discovering, Hawaii where Cook was welcomed and fêted. He considered it his most important discovery and it was the ideal place to winter once he completed his charts and search along the Northwest coast, the Aleutians and through Bering Strait. Returning to Hawaii in February, 1779 he was killed in a skirmish with natives at Kealakekua Bay and the debate over his death continues to this day. Captain Clerke took command of the expedition and the ships returned to Alaska to continue's Cook's search until they were stopped by ice. Following Clerke's death, Captains Gore and King brought home the ships, and news of their discoveries and of Cook's death. Beddie 1552; Hill 361 and Lada-Mocarski 37 (first edition).
2 works in 5 volumes, 4° (290 x 235mm). Uniformly bound in contemporary speckled half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt in compartments, gilt morocco lettering-pieces in 2 (rebacked retaining original spines and lettering-pieces bearing vol. numbers). (5)
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