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A voyage to the Pacific Ocean undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern hemisphere : 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. In three volumes.... Cook, James, 1728-1779

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"Contains a memorandum by William Wales, entitled A defense of the arguments advances in the introduction to Captain Cook's last voyage against the existence of Cape Circumcision, vol.3, pp. 557-564. A few copies issued separately for owners of earlier editions.-- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 63.
"Published by Order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty" -- Title Page

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Title	A voyage to the Pacific Ocean undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern hemisphere : 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. In three volumes. Vol. I
Creator	Cook, James, 1728-1779
Contributor	King, James, 1750-1784
Publisher	London : H. Hughs
Date Issued	1785
Description	"Contains a memorandum by William Wales, entitled A defense of the arguments advances in the introduction to Captain Cook's last voyage against the existence of Cape Circumcision, vol.3, pp. 557-564. A few copies issued separately for owners of earlier editions.-- Strathern, G. M., & Edwards, M. H. (1970). Navigations, traffiques & discoveries, 1774-1848: A guide to publications relating to the area now British Columbia. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 63. "Published by Order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty" -- Title Page
Extent	xcvi, 421 pages : maps (folded), table, illustration (folded) ; 32 cm
Subject	Clerke, Charles, 1741-1779; Gore, John, 1730?-1790; Nootka language; Voyages around the world; Discovery & exploration; Northwest, Pacific; Northwest Passage; Northeast Passage
Genre	Books; Travel literature
Type	Text
File Format	application/pdf
Language	English
Notes	Volume 1 of 3 and an atlas. Atlas is currently missing from UBC collection. The third edition Other copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10732497
Identifier	FC3821.243 .A1 1785a; II-0126-iii-V01
Collection	British Columbia Historical Books Collection
Series	A voyage to the Pacific Ocean
Source	Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. FC3821.243 .A1 1785a
Date Available	2017-01-13
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy, or otherwise distribute these images please contact digital.initiatives@ubc.ca.
Catalogue Record	http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=386589
AIPUUID	59de458b-e9b7-45c5-b0ea-9d310a8ab300
DOI	10.14288/1.0340743
Aggregated Source Repository	CONTENTdm

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Images provided for research and reference use only. For permission to publish, copy, or otherwise distribute these images please contact digital.initiatives@ubc.ca.