Captain James Cook, the Greatest Discoverer: The Robert and Mary Parks
Condition: SECONDHAND
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The Captain James Cook collection of Bob and Mary Ann Parks is a landmark of its kind, and represents the finest such collection offered. The catalogue includes highlights such as: An extraordinary original letter by Cook, entirely in his own hand, asking for the return of a press-ganged sailor; Joseph Banks's engraved map of Cook's first voyage, the first map of the east coast of Australia, and never before offered for sale; Magnificent engraved portraits of Cook, Banks, Omai and others; An original manuscript map from Cook's surveying of Newfoundland; Samples of genuine tapa cloth in the contemporary books of Alexander Shaw and Anders Sparrman; All of the major recorded engravings of the death of Captain Cook.
Author: Hordern house rare books
Format: Hardback, 176 pages
Published: 2008, Hordern House, Australia
Genre: Geography & Earth Science: Textbooks & Study Guides
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The Captain James Cook collection of Bob and Mary Ann Parks is a landmark of its kind, and represents the finest such collection offered. The catalogue includes highlights such as: An extraordinary original letter by Cook, entirely in his own hand, asking for the return of a press-ganged sailor; Joseph Banks's engraved map of Cook's first voyage, the first map of the east coast of Australia, and never before offered for sale; Magnificent engraved portraits of Cook, Banks, Omai and others; An original manuscript map from Cook's surveying of Newfoundland; Samples of genuine tapa cloth in the contemporary books of Alexander Shaw and Anders Sparrman; All of the major recorded engravings of the death of Captain Cook.
Captain James Cook, the Greatest Discoverer: The Robert and Mary Parks
$50.00