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Document Number: AJ-130a
Author: Cook, James, 1728-1779
Title: A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean [volume 2--excerpt]
Source: Cook, James. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. To Determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; Its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gorf, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. In Three Volumes. Vol. I and II Written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S. Vol. III by Captain James King, LL.D. and F.R.S. Illustrated with Maps and Charts, from the Original Drawings Made by Lieut. Henry Roberts, under the Direction of Captain Cook; and with a Great Variety of Portraits of Persons, Views of Places, and Historical Representations of Remarkable Incidents, Drawn by Mr. Webber during the Voyage, and Engraved by the Most Eminent Artists. Published by Order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. (London: Printed by W. and A. Strahan, for G. Nicol, Bookseller to His Majesty, in the Strand, and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1784). Volume 2, pages 221-549.
Pages/Illustrations: 331 / 10 (all tables)
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