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COOK, Captain James (1728-1779). A Voyage towards the South Pole and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, In the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775… In which is included, Captain Furneaux's Narrative of his Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships… London: W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1777. 4tos. Frontispiece in volume I, and 64 maps, charts, and plates throughout. 2 volumes, complete. xi, [1]-378; [viii], [1]-396 pp. Collation includes one folding letterpress table. Approximately 11 ½ x 8 ¾". Bound in later (19th century?) half brown calf over marbled boards, marbled endleaves (spines perished, boards detached and worn, some occasional foxing to text and plates, a few tears to maps near mounts, a few plates trimmed close at the bottom with some loss of captions, pages 89/90 and 93/94 in volume I bound out of sequence, marginal tear to p. 185-186 in volume I, large tear with later repair to p. 219/220 in volume I). Good. FIRST EDITION OF COOK'S SECOND VOYAGE. “The success of Cook's first voyage led the Admiralty to send him on a second expedition which was to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible in search of any southern continents. 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" (Hill). Among the official accounts of Cook's three voyages, this is the only one written by Cook himself and contains the frontispiece portrait of Cook by William Hodges (1744-1797) that is “one of the most famous images of the great navigator" (Rosove). Cox I, 59. Hill Collection, volume I, p. 61. Rosove 77.A2. Mitchell Library Cook Bibliography 1216.