COOK VOYAGE PACIFIC OCEAN *1784* N. AMERICA Northern Passage SANDWICH ISLANDS

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AVOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN UNDERTAKEN BY THE COMMAND OF HIS MAJESTY FOR MAKING Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere TO DETERMINE The POSITION and EXTENT of the WEST SIDE of NORTH AMERICA its DISTANCE from ASIA , and the PRACTICABILITY of a NORTHERN PASSAGE to EUROPE PERFORMED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF Captains COOK , CLERKE and GORE In his MAJESTY'S Ships the RESOLUTION and DISCOVERY In the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780 IN THREE VOLUMES (VOLUME II ONLY) VOL. I and II. Written by Captain JAMES COOK F.R.S. ................... Published by Order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty VOL. II ONLY DUBLIN Printed for H. CHAMBERLAINE, W. WATSON, POTTS, WILLIAMS CROSS, JACKSON, MONCRIEFFE, WALKER, JENKIN, BURNET WILSON et al ______________________ M. DCC. LXXXIV (1784) Bound in full leather with two title labels to spine. Measuring approx 21.5cm x 13.5cm x 4.5cm. There is a small tear to bottom of front board/spine edge (approx 3.5cm), a small chip to bottom of spine and tiny chip to either side of top of spine. The corners are a little bumped and chipped and the spine a little creased. The leather has a couple of marks and is a little scuffed in places, else still handsome. Internally the endpapers are lightly grubby and browned. There is a tiny spot to title page. There is a small ink mark to outer edges of a few leaves read more