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123 - COOK (Captain James)]. HAWKESWORTH (John).
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COOK (Captain James)]. HAWKESWORTH (John). Relation of the voyages undertaken by order of His Britannic Majesty, and successively executed by Commodore Byron, Captain Carteret, Captain Wallis & Captain Cook, in the vessels the Dauphin, the Swallow & the Endeavour. James Cook's first voyage, preceded by the great British expeditions of Byron, Carteret, Wallis & Foster which opened the Pacific to the world. Paris, Saillant et Nyon; Panckoucke, 1774. 8 volumes in 4 in-8 (203 x 135 mm). Contemporary binding in glazed and marbled fawn calf, triple fillet on covers, spine ribbed and decorated with two mosaic pieces and gilt small-iron decorated boxes. 4 pp.b.c., lxxx-327 pp; 4 pp.b.c., 347 pp; 4 pp.b.c., 447 pp; 4 pp.b.c., 462 pp; 4 pp.b.c., 374-[2 bl.]; 4 pp.b.c., 312 pp; 4 pp.o.b.; 374 pp, [2 bl.], ; 4 pp.o.b., 312 pp; 4 pp.o.b., 336 pp; 4 pp.o.b., 336 pp. Slight rubbing from use, lacking a fragment at the foot cap of vol. 3. Small drops at head of vol. 1. Title-pieces read "Voyage de Banks" [i.e. Joseph Banks took part in Cook's voyage]. First French edition of Captain James Cook's first voyage, preceded by accounts of other major British expeditions in the Pacific (1764-1771), written from the logbooks by John Hawkesworth. Complete in 8 volumes: T. I: Relation of Byron's voyage (1764-1766) aboard the Dauphin. T. II: Relation of Carteret's voyage (1766-1769) aboard the Swallow. T. III: Relation of the voyage of Wallis (1766-1768) aboard the Dauphin. T. IV-VIII: Relation of Cook's voyage (1769-1771) aboard the Endeavour. Cook's voyages were an essential source of information on the Pacific, which was still poorly known at the time. Cook explored the coasts of New Zealand with precision, determining its configuration, surveyed the coasts of Australia, explored the Pacific islands, discovered and named the Sandwich Islands, etc., before being killed in Hawaii (Owyhee) in 1779. Provenance: unidentified heraldic bookplate with motto "insignem attenuat deus". Very good condition.

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123 - COOK (Captain James)]. HAWKESWORTH (John). See original version (French)

123 - COOK (Captain James)]. HAWKESWORTH (John).
See original version (French)