Search Results: the three voyages of captain james by hawkesworth john 1715 1773

1. 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: drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq; by John Hawkesworth, Ll.D. in three volumes. Illustrated with cuts, and a great variety of charts and maps relative to countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773. First edition. Three volumes, quarto, late nineteenth century quarter straight-grained Morocco over papered boards by Morrell, his binder's stamp to first leaf, spines in compartments lettered in gilt with gilt lines, unusual gilt-tooled corner pieces to the upper and lower boards, a few scuffs and pale foxing to the boards, top edge gilt, others uncut, vol. I pp. [xii]; xxxvi; 676 (the numbering… Read More