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.

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

Vol. 1: 8 unnumbered pages, xcvi, 421 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded); v. 2: 12 unnumbered pages, 549 pages, 1] unnumbered page, 11 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded); v. 3: 12 unnumbered pages, 558 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 6 unnumbered leaves of plates (some folded).

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

Bookseller's advertisements on last leaf of vol. 3.

Includes bibliographical references.

Beddie, M.K. Cook, 1543

English short title catalogue, t145978

Bagnall, 1399

Forbes, D.W. Hawaiian nat. bibl., no. 62

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

Copy 1. Binding: 19th century diced calf, by C. Lewis, London, gold tooled, gold tooled turn-ins and edges; spines repaired, gold tooled, raised bands, armorial designs in compartments for Richard Colt Hoare, marbled endpapers. Spine titles: Voyages, Pacific Ocean, Cook. Provenance: bookplates of Alex H. Turnbull. Lacks advertisements in vol. 3. Atlas vol. (spine title: Cook, views in the south seas) lacks plate 21, but adds: 16 plates from the sepia aquatints after Webber's designs; Webber's 'Death of Captain Cook'; and extra charts. Acc. 252-254, 993 (atlas).

Copy 2. Binding: 19th century half calf, marbled boards, spines gold tooled. Provenance: labels noting transfer from New Zealand House Library, London to Alexander Turnbull, 1973. Pressed botanical specimen laid in vol. 2. Without the atlas; lacks plates (except charts); spines detached and fragmented. Acc. 149929-149931.

Copy 3. Binding: late 18th or early 19th century tree calf, gold tooled with fleuron border and anchor cornerpieces, gold tooled turn-ins, spine gold tooled in decorated compartments with sailing ship ill., marbled endpapers, yellow edges, by C. Kalthoeber of London, with his label in vol. 1. Spine titles: Cook's voyage 1776-1780. Provenance: 19th century inscriptions of 'Stephn White L.L.D. Castor' with his shelf-marks; bookplates of Alexander H. Turnbull. Accompanied by atlas vol. with spine title, Plates to Cook's third voyage: [88] leaves of plates ; 58 cm. Binding: half brown calf, marbled boards, spine gold tooled in compartments, marbled endpapers (by C. Kalthoeber?). Text vols. lack all plates, which have been bound (many mounted) into atlas vol. Atlas includes: J.K. Sherwin engraving (ca. 1779) of the Nathaniel Dance portrait of Cook; 'Death of Captain Cook' engraved by Bartolozzi and Byrne after Webber. Acc. 255-257, 21902 (atlas).

Copy 4. Atlas vol. only: [52] leaves of plates ; 55 cm. Binding: half brown calf, marbled boards, black morocco label on front cover, gold tooled, title: Illustrations to Cook & King's voyage. Provenance: donated to the Alexander Turnbull Library by Juliet Cowan (née Peter), 1978. Lacks plates: 13, 21, 31, 33, 45, 70, 71 and all charts except 'Chart of Nth. coast of America and N.E. coast of Asia ...' Engraving pasted inside front cover: The temperature thermometer / by the late Dr. Lettsom. London : Published by E. Wallis, [ca. 1816]. Acc. 292822.

Digital image available: 'View in Queen Charlottes Sound, New Zealand', Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy 1, atlas, p. 70. Details on request from Curator, Special Printed Collections.