1804 3rd Voyage Captain Cook HAWAII Sandwich Islands Alaska Pacific NW + ATLAS

1804 3rd Voyage Captain Cook HAWAII Sandwich Islands Alaska Pacific NW + ATLAS

23 INCREDIBLE Illustrations / Complete 3v Set

Captain James Cook (1728 – 1779) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.

Ostensibly James Cook’s third and final voyage was to return Omai, a young man from Raiatea to his homeland, but the Admiralty used this as a cover for their plan to send Cook on a voyage to discover the Northwest Passage. HMS Resolution, to be commanded by Cook, and HMS Discovery, commanded by Charles Clerke, were prepared for the voyage which started from Plymouth in 1776. The ships travelled to Cape Town by way of Tenerife then on to New Zealand.

Main author: James Cook; John Hawkesworth; Joseph Breton de La Martinière;

Title: Third voyage de James cook autour du monde, et dans les régions du pôle austral fait en 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 et 1780. Précédé des relations de MM. Byron, Carteret et Wallis

Published: Paris : Vve Lepetit, an XII = 1804.

Language: French

Tomes: complete 4 volumes in 3 tomes

3^rd Voyage events:

• 1 Dec, 1776 – Cook sails in Resolution to search for the North West Passage, rendezvoused with Discovery at Cape Town and set sail for New Zealand

• Jan-Mar, 1777 – Visits Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Cook Islands

• Apr-Dec, 1777 – Visits Tongan Islands and Tahiti

• Jan-Apr, 1778 – Sails to Hawaiian Islands, Oregon, and Nootka Sound.

• May-Sept, 1778 – Searches for Northwest Passage off Alaska, the Aleutian Islands, Arctic and north-east coast of Russia

• 14 Feb, 1779 – Visits Hawaiian Islands. Cook killed at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii by natives

• 1779-1780 – Resolution and Discovery explore the other Hawaiian Islands before resuming the search for the North-West Passage.

• 1780 – News of Capt. Cook’s death reaches Britain in January before the Resolution and Discovery return in October.

Atlas contents:

• 22 engravings + map
  • Map of the 3^rd voyage route, Pacific Ocean and Asia
  • King of Sandwich Islands, Poulaho
  • Mangya man
  • Eooa woman
  • Tahitian dance
  • Nootka inhabitants
  • Prince William
  • Oonalashka canoes
  • Tartary, Kamchatka – St. Paul, St. Pierre
  • Plus MORE!

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Wear: wear as seen in photos

Binding: tight and secure binding

Pages: complete with all pages; plus indexes, prefaces, and such

Illustrations: 23 incredible illustrations

Publisher: Paris : Vve Lepetit, an XII = 1804.

Size: ~6.5in X 4in (16.5cm x 10cm)

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