A complete set of Cook's Voyages. COOK, JAMES. 1728-1779. [Cook's Voyages]. 1773-1784. [FIRST VOYAGE:] HAWKESWORTH, JOHN. 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. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773. 3 volumes, 4to. [Note: This preferred edition includes Hawkesworth's critical preface responding to Alexander Dalrymple.] With 52 engraved plates, maps, and charts (most folding). Second edition. Beddie 650; Hill 783; Sabin 30934. [SECOND VOYAGE:] COOK, JAMES. A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships Resolution and Adventure, In the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773. 2 volumes, 4to. Engraved portrait and 63 engraved plates, maps, and charts (most folding). Second edition. Beddie 1217; Hill 358; Sabin 16245. [THIRD VOYAGE:] COOK, JAMES. And JAMES KING. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. London: G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1784. 3 volumes 4to, one volume folio. Text volumes with 24 engraved plates and charts; Atlas volume with 63 engraved plates, maps, and charts (including the large folding chart of the world and the chart of the North West Coast of America). FIRST EDITION. Beddie 1543; Hill 361; Sabin 16250. Together 8 volumes 4to (295 x 215 mm), one volume folio (540 x 375). The text volumes uniformly bound in marbled calf, sympathetically rebacked with red and green lettering pieces, the atlas in 3/4 calf over marbled boards. THE FOUNDATION OF MODERN PACIFIC EXPLORATION AND NAVIGATIONAL HISTORY. Captain James Cook's three epoch-defining voyages form the absolute cornerstone of any collection of travel, geography, and maritime literature. Over more than a decade of exploration, Cook fundamentally altered the Western map of the world, successfully charting the coastline of eastern Australia, circumnavigating New Zealand, disproving the long-held myth of a vast habitable southern continent (Terra Australis), and navigating the hazardous waters of the Pacific Northwest and Arctic Ocean in search of the Northwest Passage. The First Voyage (1768-1771) on the Endeavour, compiled by John Hawkesworth, stands as the official record of the transit of Venus at Tahiti and the chartings of New Zealand and Australia's eastern seaboard. The Second Voyage (1772-1775) on the Resolution and Adventure marks the historic first crossing of the Antarctic Circle. The Third Voyage (1776-1880) on the Resolution and Discovery documents the exploration of the Hawaiian islands (where Cook ultimately lost his life) and the exhaustive mapping of the Alaskan and Siberian coastlines. Complete, uniformly bound sets spanning all three voyages-especially those retaining the separate folio atlas for the third voyage- are a cornerstone of libraries related to the Pacific or voyages and exploration generally. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing