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The Voyages of Captain Cook

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The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery

Edited from the original manuscripts by J. C. Beaglehole, with the assistance of J. A. Williamson, J. W. Davidson and R. A. Skelton. Vol. 1: The Voyage of the Endeavour, 1768–1771. Pp. cclxxxiv + 684 + 45 illustrations and maps. 80s. net. Portfolio of 58 Charts and Views drawn by Cook and his Officers and reproduced from the Original Manuscripts. Edited by R. A. Skelton. 50s. net. (Hakluyt Society, Extra Series, No. 34.) (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1955.)

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