91 BAUMAN RARE BOOKS “Did More To Clarify The Geographical Knowledge Of The Southern Hemisphere Than All His Predecessors” 99COOK, James. The Three Voyages of Captain James Cook. London, 1821. Seven volumes. Octavo, period-style three-quarter speckled calf gilt. $7800 Early octavo edition of Captain Cook’s complete voyages, with frontispiece portrait by George Dance, folding map of the world showing the courses of Cook’s travels, and 24 aquatint plates. “The famous accounts of Captain Cook’s three voyages form the basis for any collection of Pacific books. In three great voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors had done together. He was the first really scientific navigator and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge” (Hill, 61). First published in full in seven volumes octavo in 1809, though other abridged octavo editions preceded that. Folding map skillfully backed on linen, only occasional faint foxing to generally clean interiors. A beautifully bound set in fine condition. “A Very Important And Much Prized Work” 100KOTZEBUE, Otto Von. A Voyage of Discovery into the South Sea and Beering’s Straits. London, 1821. Three volumes. Octavo, modern half tan calf, marbled boards. $9500 First edition in English of this narrative of the second Russian expedition into the Pacific for scientific exploration and to find a northeast passage to the Arctic Ocean. With seven maps on five folding plates and nine engraved illustrations, eight of which are finely hand-colored. This second Russian expedition into the Pacific was sponsored by Count Romanzoff and commanded by Kotzebue, who had sailed with Kruzenshtern in 18031806. In the Rurik, Kotzebue sailed around Cape Horn and visited Chile, Easter Island, and the Marshall Islands, moving on to explore the North American coast and Hawaii and to search, unsuccessfully, for a northeast passage to the Arctic Ocean. Traveling with the famous artist Ludovik Choris, Kotzebue took careful notes, and his description of the northwest coast of America is “a most important contribution.” “A very important and much-prized work” (Hill I, 1645). Maps and plates clean and fine, light scattered foxing to text. Bindings fine and attractive.
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