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MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- COOK, J. -- ANDERSON, G.W., (ed.). A New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World, Undertaken and Performed by Royal Authority, Containing an Authentic, Entertaining, Full and Complete History of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages (…). Lond., A. Hogg, (1784-86). 656. (2) pp. W. front.-portr., 1 fold. map & 156 engr. maps, views, profiles & portraits. Fol. Cont. cf. (Front (incl. frontispiece) and back side detached, otherwise clean & complete).
Hill 18: "An important compilation of English voyages, richly illustrated ... Anderson sometimes gives the original accounts, others are edited or abridged versions, and frequently additional materials from other sources are added to give scope and depth to the narratives." - Sabin 52455; ESTC T222766.€ 500
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