Cook's voyage 1768-71 [manuscript] : copies of correspondence, etc. 1768-1771.

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Cook's voyage 1768-71 [manuscript] : copies of correspondence, etc. 1768-1771.

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Contemporary MS copies of Cook's correspondence with the Admiralty Victualling Office, etc. relating to the first voyage of the H.M.S. Endeavour. Including the Secret Instructions and Additional Instructions to him from the Admirality. The Secret Instructions are bound in with the correspondence. Cover is titled Cook's Voyage 1768-1771. Copies of Correspondence etc. (1 vol.).

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