Hawkesworth (John) Cook (James). An Account of the Voyages, 2nd edition, 3 volumes, 1773

Hawkesworth (John) Cook (James). An Account of the Voyages undertaken by Order of His Present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, 2nd edition, 3 volumes, London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773, 52 engraved plates (42 folding, many loosely tipped in & bound out of sequence), including the folding map of the Straits of Magellan, occasional spotting, some leaves toned, light offsetting, rear leaves of volume 3 heavily damp-stained, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked (volume 3 with original spine), both boards to volume 3 detached, boards rubbed, spine to volume 3 worn with loss (including lacking title & volume labels), extremities worn, 4to together with circa 30 loose plates from Cook's first voyage (plates from 1st or 2nd edition?)

(Qty: circa 30)

Hill p.139. Sabin 30934.

A second edition of Cook's first voyage to the South Pacific, edited by John Hawkesworth. The Straits of Magellan map was not included in the first edition. Volume one documents the voyages of Byron, Wallis and Carteret. Important expeditions with groundbreaking discoveries, Wallis discovered Tahiti and Carteret identified Pitcairn Island among other atolls. The subsequent two volumes document Cook's Endeavour expedition, in which charted "5000 miles on coastline under great difficulties" (Hill p.139). He was the first to circumnavigate New Zealand and discovered and charted New South Wales.

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