A journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean : and in quest of a north-west passage, between Asia & America ; performed in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, and 1779.

Title

A journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean : and in quest of a north-west passage, between Asia & America ; performed in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, and 1779.

Creator

Ledyard, John, 1751-1789

Publisher

Hartford [Conn.] : Printed and sold by Nathaniel Patten

Date

1783

Type

EBook

Subject

Cook, James, 1728-1779.
Voyages around the world.
Tahiti--Discovery and exploration.

Description

Parts of this narrative, including the chart, were copied literally from John Rickman's Journal of Captain Cook's last voyage (London, 1781). Cf. Holmes, Maurice. An introduction to the bibliography of Captain James Cook (London, 1936), p. 36-37.
Dedicated to Jonathan Trumbull.
"First issued in parts to subscribers. No. I, in June, 1783, No. II. in July"--Evans. The parts were issued in printed wrappers, with advertisements of goods for sale by Patten.

Source

HathiTrust

Contributor

John Rickman

Identifier

T0001
ISBN: 0665182813

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/2027/aeu.ark:/13960/t7gq7gh7v

Original Format

208 pages, [1] leaf of plates : 1 map ; 19cm

Files

Citation

Ledyard, John, 1751-1789, “A journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean : and in quest of a north-west passage, between Asia & America ; performed in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, and 1779.,” Mark Edwin Peterson, accessed April 25, 2024, https://markedwinpeterson.omeka.net/items/show/1.