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an astonishing series of discoveries and rediscoveries including
Easter Island, the Marquesas, Tahiti and the Society Islands, Niue,
the Tonga Islands, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Norfolk
Island, and a number of smaller islands. Rounding Cape Horn, on
the last part of the voyage, Cook discovered and charted South
Georgia, after which he called at Cape Town, St. Helena und Ascension,
and the Azores - (Hill). Hill 358; Sabin 16245; Mitchell
Library (Beddie) 1216; Henze I, 643 ff, 675 ff.
spine with gilt-lettered morocco label, marbled boards
(atlas binding is matching up to the binding of the two
text-volumes; a very scarce, attractive set of three volumes;
first edition. 16.500,--
Very scarce set of the first-edition work comprising three volumes.
Maps, charts and plates are in an atlas volume. The success of
Cook’s first voyage led the Admiralty to send him on a second expedition,
described in the present work, wich was to circumnavigate the
globe as far south as possible in search of any southern continents.
James Cook proved that there was no „Terra Australis" which supposedly
lay between New Zealand and South America, but became convinced
that there must be land beyond the ice fields. The men of his
expedition became the first to cross the Antarctic Circle. Further visits
were made to New Zealand, and on two great sweeps Cook made
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