The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook Round The World Complete In Seven Volumes

A rare, complete set of the accounts of Captain Cook’s three voyages, bound in seven octavo volumes. With a folding map of the world showing the tracks of the three voyages and twenty five aquatint views.

Published London, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1821, seven volumes, illustrated with maps and aquatint prints.

This 1821 edition brings together in compact form the monumental narratives originally published by order of the Admiralty between 1773 and 1784, edited by John Hawkesworth, James Cook himself, and James King. The engraved plates depicting Pacific landscapes, native inhabitants, botanical specimens, and maritime scenes are reduced from the large folio atlases that accompanied the first editions, offering a finely executed yet more accessible version of these foundational works.

As a complete seven-volume set, this Longman edition constitutes one of the most desirable nineteenth-century collected formats of Cook’s voyages, preserving the full text and principal illustrations of the original official publications while presenting them in a form suited for private libraries and scholarly reference.

A very handsome, tight set in contemporary half calf,  marbled boards, with raised gilded bands, titles in red panels and volume numbers in dark green panels.

First voyage volumes 1-2.
Plates volume 1 (6 ):  1. Portrait of Captain Cook, 2. The Island of Otahiete, 3. The Harbour of Oopa, 4. A fortified Town or Village, called a Hippah at Tolaga, 5. A Natural Arch or Perforated Rock, 6. The Inside of a Hippah in New Zealand.
Plates volume 2 ( 1 ): 1. Canoe of New Zealand

Second voyage volumes 3-4.
Plates volume 3 ( 4 ):  1. The Landing at Middleburgh, one of the Friendly Isles, 2. Boats of the Friendly Isles, 3. Resolution Bay in the Marquesas,  4. The Fleet of Otaheite assembled at Oparre
Plates volume 4 ( 3 ):  1. A View in the Island of Rotterdam, 2. View in the Island of New Caledonia, 3. Christmas Sound, Tierra del Fuego.

Third voyage volumes 5-7
Plates volume 5 ( 2 ):  1. A View of Christmas Harbour, in Kerguelen Land, 2. View at Anamooka
Plates volume 6 ( 6 ):  1. Canoe of the Sandwich Islands, the Rowers Masked, 2. A Morai, or Burying Place, at Otaheite, 3. A View in Huaheine, 4. A Morai in Atooi, 5. Inland View in Atoo, 6. Natives of Oonalashka and their Habitations.
Plates volume 7 ( 3 ):  1. Summer and Winter Habitations, Kamtschatka, 2. View of Karakakooa in Owhyhee, 3. Town and Harbour of St. Peter & St. Paul, in Kamtschatka