A Voyage Round the World, Performed in His Britannic Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775 (Volume III)
Dublin: W. Whitestone, et al. 1777. Hardcover edition. HARDCOVER. Volume Three Only. 492pp. Octavo hardbound, full leather. Five rasied band spine and boards worn, chipped, rubbing, corners bumped. Bookplate on front paste down. Some light foxing throughout. Very Good. Item #130812
Rare Dublin edition. Cook, a British explorer, is known for his voyages between 1768-1779 and achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand. Forster, a German naturalist and travel writer, accompanied Cook and his report contributed to the ethnology of the people of Polynesia.
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