1. [FIRST VOYAGE.] HAWKESWORTH, JOHN. An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773. 3 volumes. 52 engraved charts, views and other engravings, mostly folding and some very large. Hill 782; Holmes 5; Sabin 30934. 2. [SECOND VOYAGE.] COOK, JAMES. 1728-1779. A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777. 2 volumes. 63 engraved plates, maps and charts, many folding or double-page, including frontispiece author portrait; folding letterpress table. Hill 358; Holmes 24; Sabin 16245; Spence 314. 3. [THIRD VOYAGE.] COOK, JAMES, AND JAMES KING A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. London: W. and A. Strahan, 1784. 3 volumes plus atlas. 24 engraved charts (13 folding) in text volumes; Atlas with 2 large folding charts and 61 engraved plates. Hill 361; Holmes 47; Sabin 16250. 4. KIPPIS, ANDREW. The Life of Captain James Cook London: G. Nicol & G.G.J. and J. Robinson 1788. Frontispiece portrait of Cook engraved by T. Holloway after Sir Joseph Banks. Beddie 32; Forbes 149; Hill p 163, Kroepelian 647; Sabin 37954. 9 text volumes and 1 atlas. 4to (299 x 233 mm); Atlas folio (552 x 408 mm). Text uniformly bound in 19th century calf gilt, rebacked preserving contemporary spines, marbled edges; Atlas in 19th century three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Scattered light staining, slight offsetting to text, some charts reinforced at folds, Kippis with repair to blank margin of last text leaf. Volume I of Third Voyage has gatherings b and c of introduction reversed. Provenance: Hill Library, Saint Paul (perforated and ink stamps to titles and a few leaves). FIRST EDITIONS, THE COMPLETE SET OF COOK'S THREE VOYAGES with the biography by Kippis. It is virtually impossible to overstate the importance of these voyages in the history of the exploration of the world. The original purpose of Cook's renowned first voyage was simply to observe the transit of Venus. This was accomplished at Tahiti but six months were then spent on the coast of New Zealand, which was circumnavigated and charted for the first time, as was the east coast of Australia. Cook named New South Wales and naturalists on his expedition named Botany Bay. The second voyage made the first crossing of the Antarctic Circle. Numerous further explorations were undertaken and discoveries made including the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, and South Georgia. Knowledge of the South Pacific was given a firm basis for the first time and the maps made then remain valid today. The final voyage was directed principally towards the search for a Northwest Passage from the Pacific, but was cut short by Cook's death in the Hawaiian Islands early in the voyage.
1. [FIRST VOYAGE.] HAWKESWORTH, JOHN. An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773. 3 volumes. 52 engraved charts, views and other engravings, mostly folding and some very large. Hill 782; Holmes 5; Sabin 30934. 2. [SECOND VOYAGE.] COOK, JAMES. 1728-1779. A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World. London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777. 2 volumes. 63 engraved plates, maps and charts, many folding or double-page, including frontispiece author portrait; folding letterpress table. Hill 358; Holmes 24; Sabin 16245; Spence 314. 3. [THIRD VOYAGE.] COOK, JAMES, AND JAMES KING A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. London: W. and A. Strahan, 1784. 3 volumes plus atlas. 24 engraved charts (13 folding) in text volumes; Atlas with 2 large folding charts and 61 engraved plates. Hill 361; Holmes 47; Sabin 16250. 4. KIPPIS, ANDREW. The Life of Captain James Cook London: G. Nicol & G.G.J. and J. Robinson 1788. Frontispiece portrait of Cook engraved by T. Holloway after Sir Joseph Banks. Beddie 32; Forbes 149; Hill p 163, Kroepelian 647; Sabin 37954. 9 text volumes and 1 atlas. 4to (299 x 233 mm); Atlas folio (552 x 408 mm). Text uniformly bound in 19th century calf gilt, rebacked preserving contemporary spines, marbled edges; Atlas in 19th century three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Scattered light staining, slight offsetting to text, some charts reinforced at folds, Kippis with repair to blank margin of last text leaf. Volume I of Third Voyage has gatherings b and c of introduction reversed. Provenance: Hill Library, Saint Paul (perforated and ink stamps to titles and a few leaves). FIRST EDITIONS, THE COMPLETE SET OF COOK'S THREE VOYAGES with the biography by Kippis. It is virtually impossible to overstate the importance of these voyages in the history of the exploration of the world. The original purpose of Cook's renowned first voyage was simply to observe the transit of Venus. This was accomplished at Tahiti but six months were then spent on the coast of New Zealand, which was circumnavigated and charted for the first time, as was the east coast of Australia. Cook named New South Wales and naturalists on his expedition named Botany Bay. The second voyage made the first crossing of the Antarctic Circle. Numerous further explorations were undertaken and discoveries made including the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, and South Georgia. Knowledge of the South Pacific was given a firm basis for the first time and the maps made then remain valid today. The final voyage was directed principally towards the search for a Northwest Passage from the Pacific, but was cut short by Cook's death in the Hawaiian Islands early in the voyage.
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