A journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean [electronic resource] : and in quest of a north-west passage, between Asia & America; performed in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, and 1779. : Illustrated with a chart, shewing the tracts of the ships employed in this expedition. / Faithfully narrated from the original ms. of Mr. John Ledyard
- Bib ID:
- 3367389
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Ledyard, John, 1751-1789
- Online Version:
- http://opac.newsbank.com/select/evans/17998
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- Hartford: : Printed and sold by Nathaniel Patten, a few rods north of the court-house,, M.D.CC.LXXXIII. [1783]
- 208 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : 1 map ; 19 cm. (12mo)
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Series I, Evans (1639-1800); no. 17998.
- Notes:
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- Parts of this narrative, including the chart, were copied literally from John Rickman's Journal of Captain Cook's last voyage (London, 1781). Cf. Holmes, Maurice. An introduction to the bibliography of Captain James Cook (London, 1936), p. 36-37.
- Dedicated to Jonathan Trumbull.
- "First issued in parts to subscribers. No. I, in June, 1783, No. II. in July"--Evans. The parts were issued in printed wrappers, with advertisements of goods for sale by Patten.
- Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
- Cited In:
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- Evans 17998
- Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 968
- Forbes, D.W. Hawaii, 52
- Reproduction:
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Series I, Evans (1639-1800); no. 17998). Mode of access : World Wide Web.
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- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
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- 1789
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- Publication date:
- 1783
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