The voyage of the Resolution and discovery, 1776-1780 : with a descriptive catalogue of all the known original surveys and coastal views and the original engravings associated with them, together with the running journal of James King, 1779-80
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The voyage of the Resolution and discovery, 1776-1780 : with a descriptive catalogue of all the known original surveys and coastal views and the original engravings associated with them, together with the running journal of James King, 1779-80
(Extra series / Hakluyt Society, no. 46 . The charts & coastal views of Captain Cook's voyages ; v. 3)
Hakluyt Society, 1997
Available at 8 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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"In association with the Australian Academy of the Humanities"
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
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Cook's great expeditions rank as some of the major voyages of discovery of all time. The fascinating record of work accomplished is now completed with the publication of this third and final volume of the (hitherto largely unpublished) charts and coastal views drawn during Cook's third and final voyage, undertaken in part `to find out a Northern Passage by Sea from the Pacific.
Arranged as far as possibly chronologically, this book provides for thefirst time a fully illustrated account of the surveying activities carried out. The main section contains a full descriptive catalogue of all the charts and coastal views produced on board the Resolution and Discoveryand their related engravings, cataloguing over 200 items, each reproduced as black and white illustrations. These include a small number of items which have come to light since the publication of earlier volumes relating to Cook. A wide-ranging and absorbing introduction covers items from the performance of the two chronometers during the voyage to biographical sketches of surveyors, draughtsmen and artists involved in the production of the charts and views, while a section on the use of colour by the artists reproduces over 20 items produced on board ship in full colour. There is also a descriptive inventory listing all the items catalogued according to their present locations.
ANDREW DAVIDwas formerly employed in the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office in Taunton, where a number of the charts from Cook's third voyage are deposited.
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