An edition of A voyage to the Pacific Ocean (1784)
[A voyage to the Pacific Ocean
undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere: to determine the position and extent of the west side of North America, its distance from Asia, and the practicability of a northern passage to Europe; performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in his Majesty's ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780].
By James Cook
Publish Date
1982
Publisher
Printed by W. and A. Strahan, for G. Nicol, bookseller to His Majesty ... and T. Cadell ...
Language
eng
Pages
201
Description:
On spine: Cook's third voyage.
subjects: British Discovery and exploration, Description and travel, Discoveries in geography, Discovery (Ship), Discovery and exploration, Early works to 1800, Maps, Oceanica, Resolution (Ship), Voyages around the world, Voyages autour du monde, Découverte et exploration, Northwest Passage, Nord-Ouest, Passage du, Nord-Est, Passage du, Northeast Passage, Great Britain. Admiralty, Great Britain
People: Charles Clerke (1741-1779), Charles Clerke (1741-1779,), James Cook (1728-1779), James King (1750-1784), John Gore (1730?-1790)
Places: Arctic regions, Hawaii, Islands of the Pacific, Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia), New South Wales, New Zealand, Northeast Passage, Northwest Passage, Oceania, Oceanica, Pacific Coast, Pacific Coast (B.C.), Pacific Coast (North America), Pacific Coast (U.S.), Pacific Ocean