A voyage to the Pacific Ocean. . Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern hemisphere. ... In three volumes. Vol. I and II. written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S. Vol. III. by Captain James King, ...
Captain James Cook (1728-1779)
Category
Books
Date
1785
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3083550
Summary
Bibliographic description
3v.,plates . maps,ill..,port.. . 4to.. Imperfect: lacking all plates except frontispiece portraits. Bound uniformly and shelved with Kippis's Life of Cook and the rest of Cook's Voyages. Binding: Nineteenth-century full leather binding; gilt fillet and gilt tooled borders; Twentieth-century rebacked spine gilt decorated and lettered: "Cook's Third Voyage. London 1785".
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Captain James Cook (1728-1779) James King (1750-1784)