(Captain James) Third voyage.- Ellis (William, surgeon) An Authentic Narrative of a Voyage Performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke...in Search of a North-West Passage, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding engraved map, small tear without loss, 21 engraved plates, little spotting, book-plates of William Plowden, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, little rubbed, 8vo, G. Robinson, J. Sewell & J. Debrett, 1782. *** Good account of Cook's third voyage, published two years before the official history and including some of the earliest plates on the Hawaiian islands. Ellis was surgeon's mate on the Discovery and subsequently the Resolution.
(Captain James) Third voyage.- Ellis (William, surgeon) An Authentic Narrative of a Voyage Performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke...in Search of a North-West Passage, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, folding engraved map, small tear without loss, 21 engraved plates, little spotting, book-plates of William Plowden, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, little rubbed, 8vo, G. Robinson, J. Sewell & J. Debrett, 1782. *** Good account of Cook's third voyage, published two years before the official history and including some of the earliest plates on the Hawaiian islands. Ellis was surgeon's mate on the Discovery and subsequently the Resolution.
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