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A voyage to the Pacific Ocean. : Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the northern hemisphere. To determine the position and extent of the west side of North America; its distance from Asia; and the practicability of a Norther Passage to Europe. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Discovery. : In the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. In three volumes. / Vol. I and II written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S. ; vol. III by Captain James King, LL. D. and F.R.S. ; Illustrated with maps and charts, from the original drawings made by Lier. Henry Roberts, under the direction of Captain Cook : ; and with a great variety of portraits of persons, views of places, and historical representations of remarkable incidents, drawn by Mr. Webber during the voyage, and engraved by the most eminent artists.