The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook round the World Paperback / softback
by James Cook, Joseph Banks
Part of the Cambridge Library Collection - Maritime Exploration series
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During Charles Darwin's 1831-6 voyage on the Beagle, his on-board library included 'Cook's voyages' (the edition is not specified).
This illustrated 1821 edition, in seven volumes, is representative of the versions available in the early nineteenth century.
Volumes 1 and 2 cover the first Pacific voyage of James Cook (1728-79), the object of which was to observe the 1769 transit of Venus from Tahiti.
The text replicates the version published in 1773 by John Hawkesworth (1715-73) as part of a collection of 'Voyages ... in the Southern Hemisphere', which interwove Cook's account with botanical and ethnographical notes by the ship's naturalist, Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820).
The journals were only published separately much later: Cook's in 1893 (ed.
Wharton) and Banks' in 1896 (ed. Hooker); both are also available. Volume 2 focuses on New Zealand, Australia, and the explorers' return via Indonesia.
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- Pages:382 pages, 1 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:27/08/2015
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- Pages:382 pages, 1 Line drawings, unspecified
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- Publication Date:27/08/2015
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- ISBN:9781108084765
