A journal of a voyage to the South seas, in His Majesty's ship, the Endeavour : Faithfully transcribed from the papers of the late Sydney Parkinson, draughtsman to Joseph Banks, Esq. on his late expedition, ... round the world. Embellished with views and designs, ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parkinson, Sydney, 1745?-1771.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Endeavour (Ship).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii,[1],22,212,[2]p.,XXVIIplates )

Other Title:

Journal of a voyage to the South seas, in His Majesty's ship, the Endeavour.

Journal of a voyage to the South seas, in His Majesty's ship, the Endeavour

Place of Publication:

London : printed for Stanfield Parkinson, the editor: and sold by Messrs. Richardson and Urquhart; Evans; Hooper; Murray; Leacroft; and Riley, 1773 [1777?]

Notes:

A reissue of the 1773 edition with the addition of 'Explanatory remarks on the preface to Sydney Parkinson's journal .. By John Fothergill'.

The unsold copies of the 1773 edition were, purchased by Fothergill in order to insert his explanation of the dispute between Stanfield Parkinson and publishers of the official account of the voyage of the Endeavour (DNB).

The editor's preface signed: Stanfield Parkinson; in fact by William Kenrick.

With a final errata leaf.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T152098.

OCLC:

642458422