Captain Cook's voyage to the northern hemisphere
- Bib ID:
- 2145834
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- London : William Bent, 1784
- 386 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
- Summary:
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Contains account of 'Captain Cook's voyage to the northern hemisphere' continued from v. 74, June and Supplement. Installments to be found on page 17, 57, 80, 113 (erroneously numbered 313), 169, 225 and 281. It is part of an abridgement of the official account of the third voyage, published in 1784, and contains also on page 33 An account of the death of the late Captain Cook, by Captain King and on page 337 A summary account of the various advantages resulting from the voyages of discovery, with extracts from Dr. Douglas' introduction to the official account.
- Notes:
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- Caption title.
- National Library's copy includes a portrait of Cook (Hodges pinxit; Tookey sculp), opposite page 33, and portraits of a man and woman of Prince William's Sound (J Tookey sculp), opposite page 225, but other relevant engravings and the chart of the North West Coast of America are missing.
- Subject:
- Also Titled:
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- Account of the death of the late Captain Cook.
- Summary account of the various advantages resulting from the voyages of discovery.
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Universal magazine of knowledge and pleasure Vol. 75, 1784.
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- Since 1854 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1784
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