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King Capt James - A Voyage To The Pacific Ocean Vol III

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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 Northern 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. Printed By W And A Strahan For G Nicol And T Cadell, London, 1784, TP, contents, (9), folding Chart of the Sandwich Islands, 558pp, all plates as required, some browning, half tan calf, gilt lines, marbled EPs and fore-edges, new spine, otherwise an excellent clean and tight copy.