MARITIME HISTORY - TRAVELLING -- COOK, J. Troisième voyage de Cook, ou Voyage a l'océan Pacifique, Ordonné par le Roi d'Angleterre, pour faire des découvertes dans l'Hémisphere Nord, pour déterminer la position & l'étendue de la Côte Ouest de l'Amérique Septentrionale, sa distance de l'Asie, & résoudre la question du passage au Nord. Paris, Hôtel de Thou, 1785. 4 vols. (4), cxxxii, 437, (3); (4), 422; (2), 488; (4), 552, (2) pp. W. 88 (fold.) maps, views & portraits of Cook's travels to the Pacific. 4°. Cont. mottled cf. w. richly dec. gilt spines raised in compartments, gilt floral borders on all sides, all edges red. (Upper joints of 2 vols. split, other joints only split at the ends, vol. 2 partly (water)stained in outer margin, general map rep. on v°, occas. mild foxing/browning).
Fine complete set of Cook's voyages between 1776-1780 exploring Australia, New Zealand, numerous Pacific islands, incl. Hawaii, Alaska and the Bering Strait. The plates show portraits of indigenous peoples and their customs, as well as maps and plans of the islands and coasts. - Sabin 16241; cf. Hill p. 61 (English edition).€ 1200
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