A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775

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VG, 2nd ed, 2 vols, 64 maps & pls, 1 folding table. Complete. In full modern calf, gilt titles & tooling to spine. Internally, new endpapers. Vol 1, frontispiece, [9], (x-xl), [1], 2-378 pp, 28 pls (12 folding), 9 Charts & plans (5 folding). Vol 2, [8], [1], 2-396 pp, 20 pls (11 folding), 8 charts & tables (4 folding). Some light offsetting, 1 small closed marginal tear p294, V1, some light foxing to last few leaves of V2, small hole through page number of 2C2. Published the same year as the first. (Folio, 227*293 & 227*291 mm). (Beddie 1217. Sabin p469). Contact Madoc Books for further information. Cook's legacy lies in his contributions to exploration and science. In his three voyages to the Pacific, Cook disproved the existence of a great southern continent, completed the outlines of Australia and New Zealand, charted the Society Islands, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, and the Hawaiian Islands, and depicted accurately for the first time the north-west coast of America, leaving no major discoveries for his successors. In addition the scientific discoveries in the fields of natural history and ethnology were considerable and the drawings made by the artists were of great significance. See ODNB.