A Voyage Round The World, In His Britannic Majesty'’s Sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the Years 1772, 3, 4, and 5.

Due voll. in-4°; una grande carta geografica "A chart of the Southern Hemisphere", XXVIII pp., 1 c. (contents), 602 pp., 1 c. (errata) - 2 cc., 607 pp. Legatura coeva in tutto vitello, doppio tassello in marocchino al dorso, filetti e titoli in oro (dorso rifatto). Leggera brunitura ma buon esemplare. Prima edizione del primo resoconto del secondo viaggio di Cook, che anticipa di qualche mese l'uscita della versione ufficiale del capitano: "A voyage towards the South Pole". "The success of Cook's first voyage led the Admiralty to send him on a second expedition, described in the present work, which was to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible in search of any southern continents. The men of this expedition became the first to cross the Antarctic Circle. Further visits were made to New Zealand, and on two great sweeps Cook made an astonishing series of discoveries and rediscoveries including Easter Island, the Marquesas, Tahiti and the Society Islands, Niue, the Tonga Islands, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, […] Cook discovered and charted South Georgia, after which he called at Cape Town, St. Helena and Ascension, and the Azores. This voyage produced a vast amount of information concerning the Pacific peoples and islands, proved the value of the chronometer as an aid to finding longitude, and improved techniques for preventing scurvy" (Hill). L'autore e suo padre Johann Reinhold avevano preso parte alla spedizione in qualità di naturalisti. "An important and necessary addition to Cook's voyages." (Hill). Hill p. 61 e 108. Sabin 25140. Cox I, p. 60.