The Charts and Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages 1768-1780 (3 Vol Set)
Author:
DAVID, ANDREW (Chief Ed) & JOPPIEN, RUDIGER (Assist. Ed) & SMITH, BERNARD (Assist. Ed)
Title:
The Charts and Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages 1768-1780 (3 Vol Set)
Publisher:
The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1988-97
Description:
HEAVY 3 VOL SET, folio, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines, gilt nautical motifs to front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- lxiv + 328pp, vol 2- c + 332pp, vol 3- cxxxvi + 319pp, beautiful tidy folding chart to rear of vol 3, illus, Near FINE (v sl occasional chafing to boards, v sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, occasional sl chipping to flaps, light chafing & soiling, 11mm closed tear to base of front cover to vol 3)
Keywords:
hakluyt society exploration expeditions voyages Captain James Cook Endeavour Adventure 18th eighteenth century history maritime nautical charts maps original surveys coastal views engravings Oceania New Zealand Australia