Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World (Facsimile Edition)

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Full Title: A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the RESOLUTION and ADVENTURE, In the Years 1172, 1773, 1774, and 1775.

A facsimile edition of Cook's original work of 1777, produced by the South Australian Libraries Board in 1970. Ex-Libris bookplate of Milton Whitmont on front free end paper of each volume.

Overall condition: Near fine. Hardcover bindings clean, tight, and present beautifully. End papers and textblock well preserved, only very mild age toning towards edge extremities. Contents clean, fresh, and bright. Fold-out maps and charts, as well as plates, well preserved.

2 volumes. Facsimile edition. Adelaide: Libraries Board of South Australia, 1970. Original beige cloth with titling in gilt on red cloth on spine. 4to. Pages: vol.1: [xiii], frontispiece, xL, 378; vol.2: [x], 396. Numerous maps, charts, and illustration plates.

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