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First Voyage: Hawkesworth, John. An account of the voyages undertaken by the order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere. Three volumes. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1773. Second edition. WITH Second Voyage: Cook, James, Captain; Captain Tobias Furneaux; illust. William Hodges. A voyage towards the South Pole, and round the world. . . Two volumes. London: for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777. Second edition. AND Cook, James, Captain; and Captain James King. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. . .Four volumes. London: H. Hughs for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785. Second edition. Text: quarto (11 ¼" x 8 15/16", 287mm x 229mm). Atlas (to the third voyage): folio (22" x 16 5/16", 559mm x 414mm). [Full collation available.] With 201 engravings in toto: 69 maps, of which 44 are folding; 132 plates, of which 41 are folding; and 2 folding letterpress tables. Text: bound in later half calf over marbled boards by J.H. & A. Ashworth, Leeds (their ticket to the front paste-down of each volume. On the spine, five raised bands. Author and title (Cook's First, Second or Third Voyage) gilt to red sheep in the second panel, number gilt to green sheep in the third. Marbled end-papers, matching the boards. All edges of the text-block glazed yellow. Atlas: bound in half tree-marbled calf over later brown buckram (re-backed, with the original back-strip laid down). On the spine, 6 panels. Title ("PLATES TO COOK'S VOYAGE") gilt to red sheep in the second panel, continuing ("NORTHERN HEMISPHERE") gilt to green sheep in the fourth. Broadly a very good set. The rear hinge of the first volume of the second voyage (2.I) starting at the head and tail, and the rear hinge of the third volume of the third voyage (3.III) at the head. Text rubbed generally, with wear at the extremities. Stub-tear to the folding map of 1.III. Split to the fold of pl. LIX of 2.II, and the imprint of pl. LV shaved. A long tear to the third plate ("A Woman of Van Dieman's Land") of the atlas volume, not affecting the image. A few quires tanned, with offsetting at the engravings generally, particularly at the maps. The atlas volume re-backed, with the original back-strip laid down. Ownership signature of "A. Ely" to the title-pages of the second voyage, with an illegible small ink-stamp at the bottom. "Dr Hinckss" in ink manuscript to the first plate of the atlas. Captain James Cook (1728-1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer, known for his three voyages to the Pacific. He provided the first recorded contact with eastern Australia and Hawaii, and the first circumnavigation of New Zealand. His travels also included the Antarctic, America and the Bering Strait. He sailed to the Southern Hemisphere on the Endeavor (1768-1771) for the first of his three major voyages. His research contributed to the British annexation of Australia and New Zealand. Cook sailed thousands of miles across uncharted water and made an enormous contribution to the geographical knowledge of the Southern Hemisphere. The ownership of "A. Ely" for the second voyage is too vague to specify. Dr. Hincks, whose signature appears at the upper margin of the first plate of the atlas volume, is perhaps William Hincks (1794-1871). Hincks was born in Ireland, took holy orders as a Unitarian and emigrated to Canada, where he was the inaugural professor of natural history at University College, Toronto. He was president of the Canadian Institute (now the Royal Canadian Institute) from 1869 to his death. Beddie 650 (First), 1217 (Second), 1552 (Third); Hill 358 (Second), 783 (First: "second edition, considered the best one"); PMM2 223 (Second). Seller Inventory # JLR0656
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