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Title: Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage, to the Pacific Ocean, on Discovery: Performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780. Illustrated with Cuts, and a Chart, Shewing the Tracks of the Ships Employed in this Expedition Author: [Rickman, John] Place: Dublin Publisher: Price, Whitestone, et al Date: 1781 Description: [4], xlvii, 396 pp. 5 copperplate engravings; large folding map. (8vo) 8¼x5; period full calf with later rebacking. First Dublin Edition. John Rickman's rare first-hand account of James Cook's final, fateful voyage of discovery in the Pacific. Published the same year as the first English Edition. "The first full account in English of Cook's Third Voyage, published anonymously to avoid legal action by the Admiralty. The author, John Rickman, was a second lieutenant aboard the Discovery (being discharged to the Resolution on August 23, 1779)" (Forbes). Although all personal diaries of the expedition were ordered turned over to Captain King, and searches and seizures of such journals took place under orders of the Admiralty, Rickman was able to secretly retain his journal, which formed the basis for this text. Forbes states that "It provides an important supplement to the official account of the Third Voyage published in 1784." Forbes 36; Beddie, 1608. Lot Amendments Condition: Edges and corners worn, hinges repaired, free endpapers replaced; folding map with several tears, patched on verso with an old letter; light foxing; else very good. Item number: 193675