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First edition uncut in original boards James Burney 1819 BURNEY, James (1750-1821). A Chronological History of North-Eastern Voyages of Discovery; and of the Early Eastern Navigations of the Russians. London: Luke Hansard & Sons for Payne and Foss and John Murray 1819. First edition, with important accounts of Cook’s third voyage, uncut in original publisher’s boards. It includes, amongst others, accounts of voyages in search of the North-East Passage to Japan and China, Russian explorations in Kamchatka, Siberia, and the Kuril Islands, and Cook’s voyages along the coast of North-West America and through the Bering Straits. During Cook’s second voyage, Burney had served as an able seaman aboard the Resolution and as second lieutenant on the Adventure , acting as interpreter to Omai on his return to England. In 1776, he again sailed with Cook on the third voyage and served as first lieutenant of the Resolution before being transferred to the command of the ship on Clerke’s death. Burney witnessed Cook’s death in Hawaii, and his accounts of the third voyage (“Captain James Cook on the North-west Coast of America” (chapter XIX), “Captain Cook through Bering’s Strait, and in the Sea North of the Strait” (chapter XX), and “Sequel” (chapter XXI) contain important material not found elsewhere. Beddie 1657-1658; Cox II, p. 497; Hill 223; Howes B-1001; Sabin 9386. Octavo (226 x 140mm). 2 engraved folding maps, one by J. Russell, and final blank leaf X4 (uncut, scattered light spotting). Publisher’s quarter cloth over buff boards, printed paper titling piece on spine (rebacked in cloth preserving original spine, corners renewed).