A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship the Endeavour
By: faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson, draughtsman to Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., in his expedition with Dr. Solander round the world, and embellished with twenty-nine views and designs engraved by capital artists ; to which is now added, Remarks on the preface, by the late John Fothergill, and an appendix, containing an account of the voyages of Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, Monsieur Bougainville, Captain Cook, and Captain Clerke
Contributors: Cook, James, 1728-1779; Fothergill, John, 1712-1780; Kenrick, W. (William), 1725?-1779; Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815; Parkinson, Stanfield
Publisher: Printed for Charles Dilly ... and James Phillips ...
Published: 1784
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 353
Subjects: Voyages around the world; Discovery and exploration; Pacific Islanders; First contact with other peoples; Voyages autour du monde; Découverte et exploration; Discoveries in geography; Endeavour (Bark); Endeavour (Navire)
Notes: References: Holmes 49; Mitchell Library. Bibliography of Capt. James Cook ... p. 34; Sabin 58788.

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Second ed. edited by J.C. Lettsom.

"The preface to Sydney Parkinson's journal was drawn up ... at the request of his brother, Stanfield Parkinson, the original editor, by the late Dr. Kenrick."--Advertisement, p. [ii] (2nd group).

Account of the first expedition under command of Captain Cook, 1768-1771.

An abridgement of Cook's narratives of his 2nd & 3rd voyages is given in the appendix P. [213]-353).

Includes vocabularies of the languages of Otaheite, New Zealnd, New Holland, Savos, and Sumatra, of the Malayan language spoken at Batavia, called the low Malay, and the language of Anjenga on the coast of Malabar, called the high or proper Malay.