Title: James Cook Surveyor of Newfoundland: Being a Collection of Charts of the Coasts of Newfoundland and Labradore, &c. Drawn from Original Surveys Taken by James Cook and Michael Lane. London, Thomas Jefferys, 1769-1770 Author: Skelton, R.A., intro. Place: San Francisco Publisher: David Magee Date: 1965 Description: Reproduced in Facsimile from the Copy in the Library of the University of California at Los Angeles. With an Introductory Essay by R.A. Skelton. 32 pp. text booklet & folder of 12 collotype facsimile plates (11 charts & a title-page), several folding. 2 volumes. 15½x11¼ & 18¼x12¼, wrappers, both housed in drop-back linen box with gilt-lettered black morocco spine label. 1 of 365 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Excellent reproductions of the charts which brought to Cook the first notice of his Naval superiors, and led to his being chosen for the great Pacific voyages for which he will forever be remembered. The facsimile charts are collotypes from the Meriden Gravure Co. of Meriden, CT. Prospectus, laid in. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine. Item number: 176859
Title: James Cook Surveyor of Newfoundland: Being a Collection of Charts of the Coasts of Newfoundland and Labradore, &c. Drawn from Original Surveys Taken by James Cook and Michael Lane. London, Thomas Jefferys, 1769-1770 Author: Skelton, R.A., intro. Place: San Francisco Publisher: David Magee Date: 1965 Description: Reproduced in Facsimile from the Copy in the Library of the University of California at Los Angeles. With an Introductory Essay by R.A. Skelton. 32 pp. text booklet & folder of 12 collotype facsimile plates (11 charts & a title-page), several folding. 2 volumes. 15½x11¼ & 18¼x12¼, wrappers, both housed in drop-back linen box with gilt-lettered black morocco spine label. 1 of 365 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Excellent reproductions of the charts which brought to Cook the first notice of his Naval superiors, and led to his being chosen for the great Pacific voyages for which he will forever be remembered. The facsimile charts are collotypes from the Meriden Gravure Co. of Meriden, CT. Prospectus, laid in. Lot Amendments Condition: Fine. Item number: 176859
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