An authentic narrative of a voyage to the Pacific Ocean
Subtitle: performed by Captain Cook, and Captain Clerke, in his Britannic Majesty's ships, the Resolution, and Discovery, in the years, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. : Including, a faithful account of all their discoveries in this last voyage, the unfortunate death of Captain Cook, at the island of O-why-ee, and the return of the ships to England under Captain Gore. : Also a large introduction, exhibiting, an account of the several voyages round the globe; with an abstract of the principal expeditions to Hudson's Bay, for the discovery of a north-west-passage.
By: By an officer on board the Discovery. ; Volume the first[-second]
Contributors: Ellis, William
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 17921
Publisher: Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street. Price two thirds of a dollar.--
Published: 1783
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: Cook, James, -- 1728-1779; Clerke, Charles, -- 1741-1779; Voyages around the world; Voyages and travels; Northwest Passage; Oceania; Oceania -- Description and travel
Notes: Erroneously attributed to William Ellis by Evans and others. Textually a reprint of Rickman's Journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean

The second volume (p. [113]-[230]) has separate title page

Bookseller's advertisement, p. 112

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