A voyage to the Pacific Ocean. : Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the northern hemisphere. : 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 / Vol. I and II written by Captain James Cook ; vol. III by Captain James King.

"In three volumes."

Vol. 1: [10], xcvi, 421, [1] p.(the last p. blank), [7] leaves of plates (some folded); v. 2: [14], 548 p., [11] leaves of plates (some folded); v. 3: [14], 564 p., [6] leaves of plates (some folded).

Edited by Dr. Douglas, Bishop of Salisbury. Cf. Beddie.

Medallion ports. on title pages engraved by J. Hogg; illustrations engraved after Webber's designs.

"Published by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty."

Includes: A defence of the arguments advanced, in the introduction to Captain Cook's last voyage, against the existence of Cape Circumcision / William Wales. V. 3, p. 557-564.

Noted in Bagnall.

Beddie, M.K. Cook, 1549

English short title catalogue, t209371

Forbes, D.W. Hawaiian nat. bibl., no. 64 (Medallion issue B)

Plates Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand.

Binding: early 19th century half red morocco, gold tooled, marbled boards, spine gold tooled, raised bands, marbled endpapers, untrimmed on large paper, flyleaves of wove and laid paper by Whatman, and by T. Edmonds dated 1815. Spine titles: Cook's voyages. Accompanied by atlas vol. with title page: Plates to Cook's voyages. Vol III. London, MDCCLXXIV [1784]. Comprises [93] plates of proofs before lettering, some in multiple copies; some plates with contemporary annotations; '[A general chart] exhibiting the discoveries ...' hand-coloured, plates are numbered in ms.. Provenance: bookplates of Alex H. Turnbull. Engraving of the Royal Society medal, recto and verso, published by G. Kearsley, July 27th, 1784, tipped onto flyleaf facing t.p. of vol. 1. Acc. 263-265, 268 (atlas).

Digital image available: 5 plates from Atlas volume (ms. page numbers 18, 28, 30, 52, 98) from Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy. Details available on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing.