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6 volumes including "Charts & Views" portfolio. All from the Hakluyt Society Second Series and part of the Extra Series, Vols. 34-37. Edited by J. C. Beaglehole. Illustrated with numerous plates from paintings & engravings (some in color), facsimile documents, maps, charts, etc., many folding ship. Charts & Views volume with 58 charts and views (20 folding including 1 large world map showing Cook's sea routes). 9x6, dark blue cloth, stamped in gilt, jackets; Charts & Views portfolio 15x9¾, blue cloth, printed paper slip cover.

Captain Cook's important journals of his Pacific voyags, and Beaglehole's seminal biography of Cook. Includes: Vol. I: The Voyage of the Endeavour, 1768-1771. (1968); Vol. II: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure, 1772-1775. (1961); Vol. III, parts 1 & 2: The Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery, 1776-1780. (1967); Vol. IV: The Life of Captain James Cook by J. C. Beaglehole. (1974); Portfolio Vol.: Charts & Views, Drawn by Cook and His Officers and Reproduced from the Original Manuscripts, edited by R. A. Skelton. (1969). Vol. I is a reprint with added addenda and corrigenda; the Charts & Views is also a reprint.