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THBCaptain Cook - 6 Native People & Scenic Engravings
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Trillium Antique Prints & Rare Books is a family run business with over 25 years experience in the field. The Baggetts have specialized in selling antique prints and books related to natural history, travel, fashion, architecture, and more from the 17th to early 20th century. We look to offer a uniq...Read more
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Included in this lot:
Head of a New Zealander, with a comb in his hair. 13 (~ 8 1/2" by 11 1/4")
A Chart of Captain Carteret's Discoveries at New Britain, with part of Captain Cook's Passage thru Endeavour Straights, & of Captain Dampier's Tract… at New Guinea and New Britain (~ 28 1/2" by 11 1/4" Fold Out)
Chart of Part of the Coast of New South Wales, from Cape Tribulation to Edeavour Straits (~ 13 3/4 - 15 1/2" by 13 1/2" Fold Out)
A Chart of a Track of Land in the Southern Pacific Ocean (~ 14 3/4 - 16" by 15" Fold Out)
Chart of the Straights of Magellan (~ 13 1/2 - 14 1/4" by 22 1/2" Fold Out)
Map of New South Wales or the East Coast of New Holland (Carte de la Nouvelle Galles Meridionalle ou de la Cote Orientale de la Nouvelle Hollande) (~ 22 - 23" by 16" Fold Out)
Description of the works:
This is a selection of engravings from the accounts of the first two voyages of Captain James Cook.
"The famous accounts of Captain Cook's three voyages form the basis for any collection of Pacific books. In three great voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors had done together. He was really the first scientific navigator and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge." (Hill)
"Cook earned his place in history by opening up the Pacific to western civilization and by the foundation of British Australia. The world was given for the first time an essentially complete knowledge of the Pacific Ocean and Australia, and Cook proved once and for all that there was no great southern continent, as had always been believed. He also suggested the existence of antarctic land in the southern ice ring, a fact which was not proved until the explorations of the nineteenth century." (Printing and the Mind of Man p.135)
The first voyage work was An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere... published in London in 1773 for W. Strahan and T. Cadell.
Cook's first voyage of three, taking place between 1768 and 1771, was a combined Royal Navy and Royal Society expedition to the South Pacific aboard the HMS Endeavour. Departing from the Plymouth Dockyard in August 1768, the expedition crossed the Atlantic and reached Tahiti in time to observe the transit of Venus before setting off into the largely uncharted ocean to the south. In 1769, the crew reach New Zealand, and spent six months charting the coast before resuming their journey westward. In 1770 the crew became the first Europeans to reach the east coast of Australia before rounding the Cape of Good Hope in 1771 and returning to England the summer of that year.
The second voyage work was A Voyage towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, In the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. In which is included Captain Furneaux's Narrative of his Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships published in London in 1777 by W. Strahan and T. Cadell.
"The success of Cook's first voyage led the Admiralty to send him on a second expedition, which was to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible in search of any southern continents ... the men of this expedition became the first to cross the Antarctic Circle. Further visits were made to New Zealand, and on two great sweeps Cook made an astonishing series of discoveries and rediscoveries including Easter Island, the Marquesas, Tahiti and the Society Islands, Niue, the Tonga Islands, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Norfolk Island, and a number of smaller islands. Rounding Cape Horn, on the last part of the voyage, Cook discovered and charted South Georgia, after which he called at Cape Town, St. Helena and Ascension, and the Azores ... This voyage produced a vast amount of information concerning the Pacific peoples and islands, proved the value of the chronometer as an aid to finding longitude, and improved techniques for preventing scurvy." (Hill p.123)
Paper Size: Varies
Paper Type or Special Features: EngravingThe work is in very good to excellent condition overall. Some of the engraving lines with the photography process will create a color effect but the engravings are without color. There may be some wear or offset to the fold out engravings. There may be a few minor imperfections or light fox marks to be expected with age. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact us with any questions.Condition
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