Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James).- Parkinson (Sydney) A
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Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James).- Parkinson (Sydney) A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's Ship the Endeavour, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece by Newton (reinforced at fore-edge), 2 maps, one double-page, and 26 plates, with errata leaf but without rare 4pp. "Gomeldon" supplement, some foxing and soiling (foxing particularly to T gathering), some plates offset, tear to inner margin of title repaired, hole to c3 affecting a couple of letters, light water-staining to lower outer corner of a few leaves, modern half calf, [Hill 1309; Mitchell Library Cook 714; Sabin 58788], 4to, Charles Dilly...& James Phillips, 1784.
⁂ Greatly-expanded account of Cook's first voyage first published in 1773, with an extensive Appendix including accounts of Cook's second and third voyages and a double-page world hemisphere map. Parkinson was employed by Sir Joseph Banks as draughtsman on the expedition but died on the homeward voyage.
⁂ Greatly-expanded account of Cook's first voyage first published in 1773, with an extensive Appendix including accounts of Cook's second and third voyages and a double-page world hemisphere map. Parkinson was employed by Sir Joseph Banks as draughtsman on the expedition but died on the homeward voyage.
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Voyages.- Cook (Capt. James).- Parkinson (Sydney) A
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