The Journals and Life of Captain James Cook. 1. The Voyage of the Endeavour, 1768-1771; 2.The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure, 1772-1775; 3. The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery, 1776-1780 in two parts; 4. The Life of Captain James Cook; together with a portfolio of Charts & Views.
Cambridge and London: Cambridge University Press (volumes 1-3) & A & C Black (volume 4) for the Hakluyt Society, 1955-74. Crown 8vo. & Folio. 6 volumes, set. First impressions. Original navy buckram, gilt. Top edge of volume 4 is stained blue. Illustrated throughout in black & white and with occasional colour plates including frontispieces. 1. Light foxing to the edges of the text block and the endpapers. Small mark to the top edge of the front of the jacket near the spine. Very good + in near fine d/w. 2. Fine in fine d/w. 3. (1 & 2) Light foxing to the endapers. Near fine in near fine d/ws. 4. Presentation label on the flyleaf. D/w faded on the spine with some rubbing to the extremities and a couple of very short closed tears to the top edge. Near fine in very good + d/w. 5. Portfolio paper cover has very short tears to the extremities and old tape marks to the overlap. A nice set. Item #6130
'On the three expeditions which he led to the Pacific between 1768 and his death at Hawaii in 1779, his ships thrice circled the globe; he drew the modern map of the Pacific, and he was the first European seaman to circumnavigate New Zealand, to discover the east coast of Australia, to cross the Antarctic Circle, to chart the north-west coasts of America. [...] The three voyages proclaim his greatness alike as a seaman and navigator, an explorer, a practical scientist, and a leader of men. They were worthily chronicled in his own Journals and charts.' The Life of Captain James Cook by J. C. Beaglehole, the leading authority on Pacific exploration, completes the Hakluyt Society edition of the Journals. The presentation in that volume is to Roy Bridges, Head of the Department of History at the University of Aberdeen, from his colleagues. Bridges was President of The Hakluyt Society from 2002 to 2008. The complete Journals of Captain Cook in very nice condition.
Price: £875.00