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 Endeavour : drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq; / By John Hawkesworth, ... 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.

Vol. 1: [12], xxxvi, 676 [ie. 456] p., [21] leaves of plates (17 folded) : 3 folded ill., 2 folded charts, 16 maps (13 folded); v. 2: xv, [i], 410 p., [22] leaves of plates (18 folded) : 14 ill. (10 folded), 8 folded maps; v. 3: [vi], [411]-799 p., [9] leaves of plates (6 folded) : 6 ill. (3 folded), 3 folded maps.

V. 1: page 139 is numbered 139-360 ; v. 2: page 189 is misnumbered 191; plate nos 21, 22, 23 are misnumbered 23, 24, 22.

"A description of the cuts"--P. [xxxv]-xxxvi, v. 1. Erratum for v. 1 included on p. xxxvi.

First issue, without 4 pages, "Directions for placing the cuts and charts" v. 1 following p. xxxvi.

Engravers: E. Rooker, J. Hall, F. Bartolozzi, I. Miller, James Roberts, W. Woollett, John Ryland, Will Byrne, J. Chivers. Designers include: G.B. Cipriani, J. Barralet, George Stubbs.

"Errata"--P. [xvi], v. 2. (for v. 2 & 3)

Beddie, M.K. Cook, 648

English short title catalogue, t74465

Plate facing p. 79 Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand.

Copy 1. Binding: 19th century 1/2 black leather, black cloth, spines gold tooled, raised bands, red morocco labels, gold tooled board edges, red sprinkled text edges. Spine titles: Hawkesworth voyages. Provenance: Ownership inscription in vol. 3 of Jane Mandeville, 18th century? ; book stamps and issue slips of New Zealand Government Country Library Service, and New Zealand National Library Service, H.Q. Collection, 1945-1990. Vol. 1 lacks 1 folded plate 'A chart of the Straights of Magellan' ; v. 2 lacks 2 folded plates (ill.). Acc. 292,798-292,800.

Copy 2: Binding: late 18th century calf, spine gold tooled, raised bands, red morocco labels, red edges. Spine title: Hawkesworth voyages. Provenance: 19th century armorial bookplates of J.E. Whitehead pasted over earlier armorial bookplates ; presentation inscription of Mr E.P. Rishworth, 1926 ; donated to the ATL by Hutt Valley High School, 1964. "A chart of the Straights of Magellan" misbound in v. 2 ; folded plate 'A chart of New Holland including New South Wales and Botany Bay, with the new discover'd islands &ca.' (London : J. Murray, 1787), extracted from The political magazine, February 1787, laid in v. 2. Acc. 161,869-161,871.

Copy 3: Binding: late 18th century 1/2 calf, marbled boards, spine gold tooled in decorated compartments, red & black morocco labels, blue edges. Spine title: Cook's voyages. 29 cm. Provenance: 19th century armorial bookstamps of R.T. (motto, 'vigilantia') ; bookplates, binding stamps and spine lettering of : General Assembly Library, N.Z. Vol. 1 lacks 1 plate (map) ; v. 2 lacks 7 plates (2 maps, 5 ill.) ; v. 3 lacks 3 N.Z. plates. Acc. 292,804-292,806.

Digital image available: "Chart of the Island Otaheite, by Lieut. J. Cook 1769", facing p.79, Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy 1, vol. 2. Details available on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing.