First Voyage of Capt. James Cook 1773

Title: An Account Of The Voyages Undertaken By The Order Of His 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.
Author: Hawkesworth, John
Description: 3 volumes. [12], xxxvi, 139, (361)-676; xvi, 410; [vi], (411)-799 pp. 27 maps and charts, 24 of which are folding; 25 engraved plates, 17 of which are folding. (4to) 11½x9, modern full brown morocco, original morocco lettering pieces laid down. First Edition.First edition of the official account of James Cook's first expedition of discovery into the Pacific, detailing his voyage to Tahiti to observe the transit of Venus, and his masterful charting of New Zealand, the east coast of Australia, etc. Presented to the world are some of the earliest descriptions and illustrations of the wonders of the Pacific, including Tahiti, the Society Islands, New Zealand, the east coast of Australia, and more. Written by John Hawkesworth from Cook's notes, but in the first person, i.e. the person of Cook. Cook was not happy with the treatment, and following his second voyage insisted on editing his own account of the expedition. The first volume of the present work contains accounts of the voyages of Byron, Wallis and Carteret, the last two relate wholly to Cook. This first edition of the first voyage is quite scarce, quickly selling out, with a second edition, in similar format and more commonly found, published the same year. Holmes 5.
Heading: zzc(Cook, James)Place Published: London
Publisher: W. Strahan and T. Cadell
Date Published: 1773

Several maps with unrepaired tears at folds; dampstain at bottom of a few pages in Vol. 1; some foxing; still very good.