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COOK, CAPT. JAMES. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Lo

COOK, CAPT. JAMES
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed Under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery; in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. London: W. and A. Strahan, 1784.

3 vols. 4to, full mottled calf, red labels to spine and titles in gilt. First edition of Cook's last voyage, published five years after his death. Text only with plates removed; lacking atlas volume; book plate tipped in front pastedown; scattered foxing throughout; otherwise fine.

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