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• Title:A voyage to the Pacific ocean. Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern hemisphere, to determine the position and extent of the west side of north America, its distance from Asia, and the practicability of a northern passage to Europe. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. Vol. 1 and II written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S. Vol. III by Captain James King, L.L.D. F.R.S. Illustrated with maps and charts, from the original drawings made by Lieut. Henry Roberts, with a great variety of portraits, views and historical representations drawn by Mr. Webber. Published by the order of the lords commissioners of the Admiralty.
  
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• Author/Creator:Cook, James, 1728-1779.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Clerke, Charles, 1741-1779.
  Gore, John, -1790.
  King, James, 1750-1784.
  Great Britain. Admiralty.
  Helen and Philip Akrigg Collection.
  Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection.
  
• Published/Created:London : Printed by W. and A. Strahan, for G. Nicol, & T. Cadell, 1784.
  

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  • Location:Temporarily shelved at RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS medium oversizeWhere is this?
    Atlas  c.4  Shelved at RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS oversize
    Atlas  c.5  Shelved at RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS oversize
    Atlas  c.1  Shelved at RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS oversize
    Atlas  c.3  Shelved at RARE BOOKS & SPECIAL COLLECTIONS oversize
    
  • Call Number: FC3821.243 .A1 1784
    
  • Number of Items:22
    
  • Status:Available
    
  • Location Has:V.1-3 & Atlas
    
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Voyages around the world.
  Oceania--Discovery and exploration.
  Northeast Passage.
  Northwest Passage.
  Pacific Coast (North America)
  
• Description:3 v. : plates (part fold.) maps (part fold.) ; 30 x 23 cm. + Atlas (58 cm.).
  
• Local note:UBC Library has a copy in The Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection.
  UBC Library has a copy in the Helen and Philip Akrigg Collection.
  UBC Library has a copy of the atlas in The Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection. Although some plates are missing, included are 2 additional coloured plates (plates 41 and 45) laid in, and an additional plate bound in, portraying "The Death of Captain Cook".
  
• Notes:The plates, including maps and charts, are numbered 1-87, 64 of which , marked with an asterisk in the list of plates, may be bound separately.