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A journal of a voyage to the South Seas in His Majesty's ship the Endeavour
Title:
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 ... . To which is now added, Remarks on the preface by John Fothergill and an appendix containing an account of the voyages of Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, Monsieur Bougainville, Captain Cook, and Captain Clerke.
Publication Information:
London : Printed for Charles Dilly ... and James Phillips ... , 1784.
Physical description:
[2], xxiii, [1], 22, 212, lxxi p., [213]-353, [3] p., 27 leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 34 cm. (4to)
Notes:
Edited by John Coakley Lettsom.

An abridgment of Cook's narratives of his second and third voyages is given in the appendix (p. [213]-353.

"The preface to Sydney Parkinson's Journal was drawn up after his death, at the request of his brother, Stanfield Parkinson, the original editor, by the late Dr. Kenrick ... " - p. [ii].

Listed in: Bibliography of Captain James Cook, R.N., F.R.S., circumnavigator. 2nd ed. Sydney : Library of New South Wales, 1970. No. 714.

" ... embellished with twenty-nine views and designs, engraved by capital artists."

Exhibited: ‘Banks’ Florilegium’, 25 March – 31 July, 2021.
Indexed in:
C & C 5986.
Record ID:
SD_ILS:472709