An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, And Captain Cook, In the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: Drawn up From the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, And from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq; By John Hawkesworth, LL.D. In three volumes. Illustrated with Cuts, and a great Variety of Charts and Maps relative to Countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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London
printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand
1773, MDCCLXXIII. [1773]
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Edition: | [Second edition] |
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Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Item Description: | A reissue of the first edition, with an additional gathering of four leaves inserted with the drop-head title 'Preface to the second edition'. - English Short Title Catalog, T74467. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - The volumes are paginated (ignoring preliminaries) as follows: vol. 1, 676p., vol. 2, 410p., vol. 3, [411]-799p. - Without the two leaves of 'Directions for placing the cuts and charts' |
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Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (3v.,plates) maps 4° |