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COOK, James

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Relationships of voyages undertaken by order of His Britannic Majesty, and successively executed by Commodore Byron, Captain Carteret, Captain Wallis & Captain Cook Paris, Saillant, Nyon and Panckouke, 1774. 8 tomes in 4 vols. in-8 and one vol. in-4 (atlas), 52 pl. and maps, page of 25 BOOKS title of the atlas, headdresses of the atlas, fawn calf of the ep., spine with nerves ornamented and half-low. fawn of the ep.(atlas) ROCHEDIEU 66. BEDDIE n°650, published simultaneously with the first French edition in five vol. in-4 by the same publishers. The atlas is common to both editions. Contains essentially the account of Cook's first circumnavigation voyage. Translation by J. B. Suard and Démeunier. The first English edition appeared in 1773.