COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Short Title:
Title Page: Voyages S. Hemisphere.
Obj Height cm:
28
Obj Width cm:
24
Note:
1st edition, part of a 10 volume set of Cook's Voyages. Includes the first charts of New Zealand and the Southeast Coast of Australia. The 2nd ed. adds the Chart of the Streight of Magellan. In this first voyage, Cook discovered the east coasts of New Zealand and Australia. All volumes bound in leather with the title and volume embossed on the spine.
Full Title:
(Title Page to) An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavor. Drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq; by John Hawkesworth, LL.D. In three volumes. Illustrated with cuts, and a great variety of charts and maps relative to countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known. London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII.
List No:
3403A
Page No:
v. 1
Series No:
1
Pub Date:
1773
Pub Title:
An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavor. Drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq; by John Hawkesworth, LL.D. In three volumes. Illustrated with cuts, and a great variety of charts and maps relative to countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known. London: printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, MDCCLXXIII.
Pub Reference:
Mitchell, 648
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
3403.000
Pub Maps:
13
Pub Height cm:
28
Pub Width cm:
24
Image No:
3403A
Institution:
Rumsey Collection
Ownership Statement:
Copyright 2005
Publisher Location:
London
Publisher:
W. Strahan and T. Cadell
Type:
Title Page
World Area:
World
Engraver or Printer:
Carteret, Philip, d. 1796
Engraver or Printer:
Wallis, Samuel, 1728-1795
Publication Author:
Byron, John, 1723-1786
Publication Author:
Cook, James, 1728-1779
Publication Author:
Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773
Pub Type:
Exploration Book
Author:
Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820
Author:
Byron, John, 1723-1786
Author:
Cook, James, 1728-1779
Author:
Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773
Date:
1773
Title Page: Voyages S. Hemisphere.
