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Cook, James, 1728-1779.
Great Britain. Admiralty.
King, James, 1750-1784.

Publication info:
London,Printed by W. and A. Strahan, for G. Nicol, & T. Cadell,1784.

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LEADER

• Record Status: n
• Type of record: a
• Bibliographic level: m
• Type of control:
• Undefined: a
• Encoding level: I
• Descriptive cataloging form:
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CONTROL FIELD

• Control Field 001: 29030

CONTROL FIELD

• Control Field 008: 790830s1784 enkbf 000 0 engd

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER

• LC control number: 05034847 //r42

SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER

CATALOGING SOURCE

• Original cataloging agency: DLC
• Transcribing agency: YUS
• Modifying agency: OCL

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER

• Classification number: G420
• Item number: .C69 1784

MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME

• Personal name: Cook, James,
• Dates associated with a name: 1728-1779.

TITLE STATEMENT

• Title: A voyage to the Pacific ocean.
• Remainder of title: Undertaken, by the command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern hemisphere, to determine the position and extent of the west side of North America; its distance from Asia; and the practicability of a northern passage to Europe. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Discovery, in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780.
• Remainder of title page transcription/statement of responsibility: Vol. I and II written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S. Vol. III by Captain James King, L.L.D. and F.R.S. Illustrated with maps and charts, from the original drawings made by Lieut. Henry Roberts ... with a great variety of portraits ... views ... and historical representations ... drawn by Mr. Webber ... Published by order of the lords commissioners of the Admiralty ...

PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)

• Place of publication, distribution, etc.: London,
• Name of publisher, distributor, etc.: Printed by W. and A. Strahan, for G. Nicol, & T. Cadell,
• Date of publication, distribution, etc.: 1784.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

• Extent: 3 v.
• Extent: and atlas. 58 cm.
• Other physical details: plates (part fold.) maps (part fold.)
• Dimensions: 30 x 23 cm.

GENERAL NOTE

• General note: The plates, including maps and charts, are numbered 1-87, 64 of which, marked * in the list of plates, are bound separately.

SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM

• Topical term or geographic name as entry element: Voyages around the world.

SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME

• Geographic name: Oceania
• General subdivision: Discovery and exploration.

SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME

• Geographic name: Pacific Coast.

SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME

• Geographic name: Northwest Passage.

SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME

• Geographic name: Northeast Passage.

SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME

• Personal name: Clerke, Charles,
• Dates associated with a name: 1741-1779.

SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME

• Personal name: Gore, John,
• Dates associated with a name: d. 1790.

ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME

• Personal name: King, James,
• Dates associated with a name: 1750-1784.

ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME

• Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element: Great Britain.
• Subordinate unit: Admiralty.