Capt. Cook's Third and Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 & 1780. 

Faithfully Abridged from the Quarto Edition

by James Cook 

Philadelphia:  Printed by W. Woodward for B. Johnson, 1796  

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD- condition.

• Contemporary calf covers have gilt and title label on spine. 
• Boards show some wear, smudges, aging, scuffing, edgewear.  Corners are bumped, worn, with exposed board.  See photos.
• Spine has gilt bands, traces of red title label with gilt text effaced, with some cracking at shoulders, bumped ends with some old repairs.  See photos.  
• Binding is largely secure, with two signatures loosened.  See photos.  
• Pastedowns have some staining, writing. 
• Interior is uniformly age-toned, exhibits moderate foxing and stains, light edgewear.  
• Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• PS2025.0108

252 pages. 3 x 5 inches

Contemporary calf boards with garnet label and gilt bands on spine.  Some repairs to board shoulders, but largely unretouched and original in condition.  Very good minus, with a slightly loose signature H7, and some wear and damage to edges of final signature.

"Faithfully abridged from the quarto edition," reads the title page.  An abridged children's version of Captain James Cook's third and final voyage, on which he was murdered by natives.  The third voyage was undertaken to continue the British survey of the Pacific, but most particularly to search for a northwest passage from the western side.  Sailing in 1776, the expedition called at Kerguelen Island, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Cook, Tonga, and Society islands, then sailed north and discovered Christmas Island and the Hawaiian Islands.  Cook's men then thoroughly explored and charted the Northwest Coast from the Bering Straits along the coast of Alaska and Canada, as far south as present day northern California.  Returning to Hawaii in 1778, the expedition was at first received warmly; but after departing and being forced to return to repair a mast, trouble developed which led to a tragic series of events in which the great navigator was killed.

Relatively scarce, with fewer than ten copies noted. 

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