142, 112 & 374 pages, title page vignette, 10 engraved plates - 1 folding, 2 folding engraved maps, modern full brown cloth with a gilt title label on the spine, a very good copy.
1785 contains mainly the aftermath and official accounts of Captain James Cook's Third Voyage (Pacific Ocean, Hawaii, and the Pacific Northwest), It also included accounts of early European trading excursions into the Levant, Egypt, and East Indies.
1787 features European explorations, early systematic charting of the Mediterranean and North African coasts, and translated accounts of the Russian-sponsored expeditions across Siberia and the Kamchatka Peninsula led by Peter Simon Pallas and others.
1789 Covers the latest travel descriptions, James Cook's third last Voyage which was undertaken by order of the King of England to the South Islands of the Pacific Ocean and then onward to the North American and Asian coasts, in order to decide the possibility of a Northern Passage to Europe, in the years 1776 to 1780.
- Overall Condition: Very good
- Size: 8vo (195 x 120mm)
