Journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean on Discovery : performed in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, illustrated with cuts, and a chart, shewing the tracts of the ships employed in this expedition / faithfully narrated from the original MS
- Bib ID:
- 322865
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Rickman, John
- Description:
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- London : Printed for E. Newbery, 1781
- [4], xlvi, 388 [i.e. 396] p., [6] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. (1 folded), folded map, port. ; 21 cm (8vo)
- Notes:
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- Attributed to John Rickman; previously attributed to John Ledyard, and also to William Ellis.
- "A surreptitious and anonymous publication anticipating the authorised account ..." -- Beddie.
- Pages 393-396 incorrectly numbered 381, 378-9 and 388.
- Signatures: A²B⁸Ee⁸Ff²
- Forbes identifies several states of the first ed., i.e., AA; A; B; C; D.
- Library's NK5094 copy half bound with marbled boards; photocopies inserted for missing plates i.e. frontispiece and facing p. 249; stamped "S.S." with anchor with a garland of leaves inside front cover; also bears the bookplate of Rex de C. Nan Kivell (no. 1781/3).
- All the Library's copies appear to be state B with p. 225 as 22_. and introduction p. vi printed as iv.
- Library's Petherick copy is a large paper copy being uncut (24 cm.) and bound subsequent to publication with spine title: Jnl of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pac. Ocean.
- Library's SR2 copy in full leather with spine title: Cook's last voyage; bookseller's description loosely inserted attributes the work to American, John Ledyard (1751-1789) as the likely author; stamped Commonwealth National Library, 35882, 31 OCT 1945.
- Cited In:
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- Beddie, M. K. Bibliography of Captain James Cook, 1607.
- Forbes, David W. Hawaiian national bibliography, 1780-1900, 33.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1789
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1781
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