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An authentic narrative of a voyage to the Pacific Ocean: performed by Captain Cook, and Captain Clerke, in his Britannic Majesty's ships, the Resolution, and Discovery, in the years, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. : Including, a faithful account of all their discoveries in this last voyage, the unfortunate death of Captain Cook, at the island of O-why-ee, and the return of the ships to England under Captain Gore. : Also a large introduction, exhibiting, an account of the several voyages round the globe; with an abstract of the principal expeditions to Hudson's Bay, for the discovery of a north-west-passage. / By an officer on board the Discovery. ; Volume the first[-second].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rickman, John, officer on board the Discovery, author.
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 17921.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cook, James, 1728-1779.
- Cook, James.
- Clerke, Charles, 1741-1779.
- Clerke, Charles.
- Voyages around the world.
- Voyages and travels.
- Northwest Passage.
- Oceania.
- Oceania Region.
- Oceania--Description and travel.
- Genre:
- Booksellers' advertisements -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (3 unnumbered pages, 10-96, 99-229 pages, 1 unnumbered page)
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street. Price two thirds of a dollar.--, M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783]
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- Erroneously attributed to William Ellis by Evans and others. Textually a reprint of Rickman's Journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean.
- The second volume (pages [113]-[230]) has separate title page.
- Bookseller's advertisement, pages 112.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 17921).
- Cited in:
- Evans 17921
- Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 4294
- Forbes, D.W. Hawaii, 54
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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