A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's ship the Endeavour: faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson, Draughtsman to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. in his Expedition with Dr. Solander round the World; and embellished with twenty-nine views and designs, engraved by Capital Artists. To which is now added, remarks on the preface, by the late John Fothergill, M. D. F. R. S. &c. And an appendix, Containing an Account of the Voyages of Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, Monsieur Bougainville, Captain Cook, and Captain Clerke.

Advertisement / John Coakley Lettsom -- Preface by the editor / Stanfield Parkinson -- Explanatory remarks on the preface to Sydney Parkinson's Journal of a voyage to the South-Seas / by John Fothergill -- Postscript -- A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's ship the Endeavour / Sydney Parkinson -- Preface to the additional part -- Appendix. Containing an account of Captain Cooke's second voyage in his Majesty's ship the Resolution -- An abridgement of the narrative of a voyage performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke, in search of a North West passage...

Journal of a voyage under the command of Captain James Cook.

Edited by John Coakley Lettsom.

An abridgment of Cook's narratives of his second and third voyages is given in the appendix (p. [213]-353).

"The preface to Sydney Parkinson's Journal was drawn up after his death, at the request of his brother, Stanfield Parkinson, the original editor, by the late Dr. Kenrick ... " - p. [ii].

The lengthy prefatory material is concerned with the quarrel between Banks and Stanfield Parkinson.

"Embellished with twenty-nine views and designs, engraved by capital artists."

With errata leaf following p. 212.

Decorated headpieces and initials.

Illustrations on watermarked paper (Heawood, 1823).

Includes vocabularies of the languages of Otaheite, New Zealand, New Holland, Savos and Sumatra etc.

Signatures: [pi]2 (-[pi2]) a-c4 d-i2 B-2D4 2E2, *2F-O4, 2F-Z4

Beddie, M.K. Cook, 714

English short title catalogue, t110808

Holmes, M. Cook, 49

Also available on microfilm (The Eighteenth Century; reel 919, no.8).

Plates (copy 2) Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand.

Includes vocabularies of the languages of Otaheite, New Zealand, New Holland, Savoo, Sumatra, Madagascar and others.

Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy 1. Tree calf, gold tooled, gold tooled edges; rebacked in tree calf, spine gold tooled in decorated compartments, black calf spine labels; marbled end papers. Spine title: Voyage to the South Seas. Parkinson. Plates hand coloured. Provenance: bookplate of John Coakley Lettsom (Franks 18196); bookplate of Alex H. Turnbull. Purchased by Alex H. Turnbull from Maggs Bros. in 1899 for £4.4 (cf. No. 1222 in AHT's Acquisition book, ATL MSX-8822). Acc. 739.

Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy 2. Tree calf, gold tooled, gold tooled edges and turn-ins; spine gold tooled in decorated compartments, red morocco spine labels; marbled end papers; green silk bookmark. Spine title: Parkinson's voyage to South Seas. Fothergill and Lettsom. Plates hand coloured. Errata leaf bound in at end, lacking Postscript section. Binding in poor condition. Provenance: armorial bookplate with motto: regi patriæque fidelis; bookplate of Alexander H. Turnbull. Acc. 740.

Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy 3. 18th century speckled calf in Cambridge panel style, blind tooled, blind tooled edges and turn-ins; rebacked in tree calf, gold tooled in decorated compartments, black calf spine labels; marbled end papers; yellow text edges. Spine title: Journal of a voyage. Parkinson. Errata leaf bound in at end. Provenance: bookplate of Alex H. Turnbull. Acc. 741.

Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy 4. 18th century half imitation black morocco, gold tooled, shagreen boards, spine with 4 double raised bands, gold tooled; green and gold marbled end papers; top text edge gilt, untrimmed fore and bottom edges, bound by Blunson & Co. Spine title: Parkinson's voyage in the South Seas. Provenance: bookseller's inscription on t.p.: Job Lousley's books, Hampstead Norris Berks, 1843; bookplate of Alex H. Turnbull. Extra 2 leaves of maps bound in after 'Postscript'; size differs, 37 cm. Acc. 742.

Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy 5 has errata leaf bound after p. 353. Binding: worn tree calf, gold tooled, spine gold tooled with decorated compartments. Upper cover loose ; has Greek key design in gold around perimeter of covers. Black spine label stamped in gold. Spine title: Parkinson's voyage. Provenance: t.p. signed " Mary Ann Wilmot" ; pencil note on upper pastedown "Large Paper copy of Best Edition, with the additional matter" ; gilt stamp of General Assembly Library on upper cover and spine, booklabel for General Assembly Library on upper pastedown; transferred from Parliamentary Library to ATL 2014. Acc. 407403.

Digital images available (copy 2): "Venus Fort, erected by the Endeavour's people, to secure themselves during the observation of the Transit of Venus, at Otaheite", plate 4 ; "Map of the coast of New Zealand discovered in the years 1769 and 1770, by I. Cook, commander of his majesty's bark Endeavour," plate 25, Alexander Turnbull Library Rare Book copy. Details available on request from Curator, Rare Books and Fine Printing.