(Oceania, Polynesia, Discovery and Exploration.) James Cook ...

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(Oceania, Polynesia, Discovery and Exploration.) James Cook (1728-1779): 'The Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World, Illustrated with Maps and Numerous Engravings on Wood and Steel. Vol. I.', London, John Tallis, [1852], volume 1 (of 2) only, xx,596pp, 11 John Tallis double page engraved maps comprising The World, Polynesia, Australia, New Zealand, Malay Archipelago, New South Wales, Falkland Islands, Islands in the Indian Ocean, Part of South Australia, Cape Colony, Victoria or Port Philip, all hand coloured in outline and with inset engraved vignette views, engraved portrait frontis of Captain Cook, added engraved title page, engraved portrait of Joseph Banks and full page engraved b/w plate depicting the bay of Rio de Janeiro, contemporary half calf gilt worn. Content covering Cook's first voyage to the South Pacific Ocean aboard HMS Endeavour, from 1768 to 1771, and his second voyage from 1772 to 1775, commissioned by the British government with advice from the Royal Society and undertaken with the ships Resolution and Adventure, which proved the great Southern landmass Terra Australis to be a myth