An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His present Majesty for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere.
And successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Sir Joseph Banks, bart.
By John Hawkesworth ... Illustrated with cuts and charts, relative to countries now first discovered, or hitherto but imperfectly known.

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Main Author

Hawkesworth, John, 1715?-1773

Related Names

Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820.
Cook, James, 1728-1779.
Carteret, Philip, d. 1796.
Wallis, John Samuel, 1825-1897.
Byron, John, 1723-1786.

Language(s)

English

Published

London, W. Strahan [etc.] 1785.

Edition

The 3d ed.

Subjects

Voyages around the world.
Oceania > Oceania / Discovery and exploration.

Physical Description

4 v. front. (fold. map, v. 2) fold. plates. 22 cm.

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