A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world
Subtitle: undertaken and performed by royal authority. Containing a new, authentic, entertaining, instructive, full, and complete historical account of Captain Cook's first, second, third, and last voyages, undertaken by order of His present Majesty, for making new discoveries in geography, navigation, astronomy, &c. in the Southern and Northern Hemispheres, &c., &c., &c. To which will be added, complete and genuine narratives of other voyages of discovery round the world, &c.
By: The whole of these voyages of Capt. James Cook, &c., being newly written by the editors from the authentic journals of several principal officers and other gentlemen under the immediate direction of George William Anderson, Esq., assisted by a principal officer who sailed in the Resolution sloop, and by other gentlemen of the Royal Navy.
Contributors: Anderson, George William, ed.
Publisher: Printed by A. Hogg
Published: 1786
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 655
Subjects: Cook, James, 1728-1779.; Voyages around the world -- Early works to 1800.; Oceania -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Includes Accounts of the voyages of Byron, Wallis, Carteret, Lord Mulgrave, Lord Anson, and Sir F. Drake: p. [215]-398.