capt james cook (62 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.03.

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Paperback. Etat : Fair. Revised ed. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. The pages are lightly tanned at the edges. The copy shows minor external wear, but is in otherwise good condition.

Etat : Used - Very Good. 1971. Paperback. Pap. Slight shelf-wear. Cover scuffed and creased in spots. Very Good.

Etat : Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Etat : New. pp. 292.

Etat : New. pp. 292.

Etat : New. pp. 292.

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Paper Back. Etat : Good.

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Soft cover. Etat : Near Fine. pgs.292 clean tight copy with minuscule corner wear and dent to lower spine.

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Softcover. Etat : Very Good. Later Printing. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Ships & the Sea; Exploration. ISBN: 0486227669. ISBN/EAN: 9780486227665. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 18009.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. This book is in very good condition with tight binding and clean text. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Paperback. Etat : Good. Revised ed.

Paperback. Etat : New.

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Uncoloured; light age-toning and soiling, otherwise fair to good. An engraving of a tattooed New Zealand Chief, published in the "Gentleman's Magazine".

Stapled Wraps. Etat : Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Soft cover 4to in stapled wraps. Fine. 24pp; illustrated in holograph facsimiles. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. A Complete and Rare FIRST EDITION Set of the Official Accounts of Cook's Three Pacific Voyages. Published 1773 - 1784. Contemporary Calf, Atlas rebacked. (1)* An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the order of his Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. Three Volumes, complete.* (2)* Voyage Towards the South Pole, Two Volumes, complete. (3)* A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean undertaken, by the Command of his Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Three Volumes, complete.* Cook's 1st voyage was designed to observe the transit of Venus across the sun from the Southern Hemisphere, determine the distance between the sun and the earth and continue Byron's exploration. On completion of those tasks, Cook charted for the first time the Society Islands, New Zealand & the east coast of Australia (naming New South Wales). The other narratives include Byron's voyage to the Gilbert & Tuamotu Islands, Wallis's discovery of Tahiti & Moorea and Carteret's discovery of Pitcairn Island after his separation in a storm from Capt. Wallis. SECOND VOYAGE. Cook, James. Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World performed in H.M.S. the Resolution and Adventure in the years 1772, 73, 74 & 1775. written by James Cook, Commander of the Resolution. In which is included Captain Furneaux's narrative of his proceedings in the Adventure during the separation of the ships.The main objective of the 2nd voyage was to circumnavigate the world as far south as possible in search of the Great Southern Land. In doing so, the Resolution & Adventure became the first ships to cross the Antarctic circle, in Jan. 1773. Cook crossed the Antarctic circle twice more and achieved the 71 S, a record that was to last for 50 years. On this voyage Cook pioneered the use of sauerkraut as a dietary supplement to prevent scurvy, he succeeded, losing only four of his 112 man crew and none from scurvy. This was regarded as a great maritime feat on its own. During this voyage, Cook played his part in furthering the great longitude debate. An accurate way to determine longitude had long been a goal of all seafaring nations. English clockmaker John Harrison was a mechanical genius who invented a clock that would carry the true time from the home port, thereby enabling the calculation of the ships' longitude. Cook carried four watches with him, the principal one named "K-1," which he frequently complimented in the log of the Resolution, calling it "our trusty friend the Watch," and "our never failing guide, the Watch." With its help, he made the first, and highly accurate, charts of many newly discovered South Pacific islands. This is also the only account of any of his voyages that Cook himself wrote. THIRD VOYAGE. Cook, James & King, James. Voyage to the Pacific Ocean 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; In his Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery. In the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780.(4)* Folio Atlas with the 61 copper-engraved plates & the two large folding maps. "Captain Cook's three great voyages form the basis for any collection of Pacific books. In three voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors had done together. He was the first really scientific navigator and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge" (Hill). The cornerstone of any Pacific voyage collection. These official accounts are the full accounts of the three voyages and are illustrated with impressive engravings based on the works of the official artists, which include Sydney Parkinson, Wm. Hodges and John Webber. At the time of publishing, they were very expensive and the 1st editions were sold out within a few days of publication. Together Nine Volumes. EXCELLENT.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. The Classic Edition of Captain Cook's Journals Edited by J.C. Beaglehole. London: Hakluyt Society, 1968-1974 and 1998-1997. COMPLETE SET of 9 volumes: 5 text volumes (thick 8vos + 4 Folios). Generally very fine in fine dust jackets. JOURNALS. Volume 1: The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771. (1968 Reprint with Addenda and Corrigenda). JOURNALS. Volume 2: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775 (1969 with Addenda and Corrigenda). JOURNALS. Volume 3 ( Part One and Two): The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780. (1967 1st editions ). JOURNALS. Volume 4: The Life of Captain James Cook. (1974 1st edition). Collations: cclxxxiv + 684pp; clxx + 1028pp; viii + 721pp + 1647pp; xi + 760pp. COMES WITH THE CHARTS AND VIEWS by Cook and His Officers is in fine condition with its original wrap around dust jacket (often missing) in very good to fine condition. Has 58 plates, charts and views. [3 Folios: THE CHARTS AND COASTAL VIEWS OF CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES] Volume One. lxiv + 328pp. (with colour frontis. and 480 plates); Volume Two. c + 332pp (with colour frontis. and 23 colour plates, 320 plates); Volume Three. cxxxvi + 319pp (with colour frontis. and 46 plates). This Grouping also includes a 9pp. addendum pamphlet entitled 'Cook and the Russians' 1973. An original colored promotional pamphlet for the Boydelll & Brewer edition. And, a 3pp. typed review of the JOURNALS. published 1967 edition, reviewed by J. H. Parry of Harvard University. This nine volume classic edition of Cook's journals of his three voyages of discovery, complete with all the charts and views published by the Hakluyt Society, provides an authoritative text, supplemented by reproductions of contemporary charts, maps, and illustrations. Detailed notes are also provided, with additional information from other sources that supplement Cook's own accounts. In addition, there are extracts from the journals of Cook's shipmates, as well as manuscript charts and views by Cook and his officers. Complete, as issued. HEAVY SET. Will require extra postage.

Engraving by William Hodges (illustrateur). 1st printing. An original copper engraving from a painting by William Hodges,Taken from Hawkesworth's 1773 account of the voyages of Capt. James Cook, Joseph Banks, and Capt John Byron. Hodges (1744-1797) joined Cook's second expedition to the South Pacific (1772-1775) as a draughstman. Cook visited Vanuatu in July of 1774. In his judgment the islanders - the Malekulans - were 'the most ugly and ill-proportioned people' he ever saw. Hawkesworth commented that they wore no clothes, except a piece of cloth or leaf by which the men tied their penis to their belly. They had wooly, short-cropped hair, thick lips, and very dark complexions, and the septum was perforated by a sharp stone. When Hodges painted 'The Landing at Mallicolo' (the original of which hangs in the National Martime Museum) he adopted what has been described as 'the transitional mode of history painting, using the mitigated realism popularized by Benjamin West'. Cook's men are shown in contemporary dress and the islanders are painted to accord with the ethnographic reports, but in poses and with gestures whose origin appears to lie in classical statuary, thus making them tall and dignified of bearing - a clear contrast with Cook's description of them as being 'ape-like'. This is plate LX appearing opposite page 129. The margins show staining. There is some faint staining to the image, and several small closed tears (not affecting image). The margins are untrimmed. Measuring 29 x 49 cms, with three folds, as issued. Uncoloured.

HARDCOVER. Etat : Good. 1st Irish edition. 3 volume set, full calf, octavo, frontispiece, large folding appendix chart, no other illustrations were included in this edition. mild bumping to fore-edge corners of volumes 2 and 3, moderate bump bottom fore-edge corners to volume 1 with leather creased, some fading and light creasing to leather spines, bindings solid and strong, light dampstain lower corner of volume 1 page block, 2" open tear to bottom corner of ffep of volume 1, old owner notes to title pages, interior texts clean.