Cook, Towards the South Pole. 2 Bde. Cook, J. A voyage towards the South Pole, and round the

Cook, Towards the South Pole. 2 Bde. Cook, J. A voyage towards the South Pole, and round the world. Performed in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. The third edition. 2 Bde. London, Strahan and Cadell, 1779. 4to (30:23,5 cm). Mit gest. Porträt, 63 (33 gefalt. oder doppelblattgr.) Kupferkarten u. -tafeln sowie 1 gefalt. Tab. XL, 378 S.; 4 Bll., 396 S. Mod. Hldr. Cox I, 59; Beddie 1226; vgl. Henze I, 713, Hocken 15 u. Du Rietz 206f. - "This is the official account of the second voyage ... (it) settled the age-long question of the existence of another continent, the Terra Australis Incognita, in the negative. It was also the first scientific exploration of the South Polar Region" (Cox). - Gebräunt, stellenw. stock- oder wasserfleckig; vereinzelt mit Einrissen, auch bis ins Bild, Titel Bd. II mit Loch, mit Archivband geklebt; 2 Taf. lose. 1 Kte. u. 1 Taf. aus der französischen Ausgabe ergänzt. oRR. With engr. portrait and 63 (33 folding) engr. maps and plates. - Browning throughout, foxing or waterstaining in places; tears in places, partly affecting engr. area, hole to title of vol. 2, repaired with archive tape; 2 plates loose. 1 map and 1 plate replaced by plates of the French edition. Recent half-calf. Waf.