Captain Cook's original voyages round the world, performed by royal authority - containing the whole of his discoveries in geography, navigation, astronomy, &c., with memoirs of his life, and (14584962617)

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Title: Captain Cook's original voyages round the world, performed by royal authority : containing the whole of his discoveries in geography, navigation, astronomy, &c., with memoirs of his life, and particulars relative to his unfortunate death
Year: 1815 (1810s)
Authors: Cook, James, 1728-1779
Subjects: Cook, James, 1728-1779 Voyages around the world
Publisher: Woodbridge (East Suffolk) B. Smith
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University Hawaii, Joseph F. Smith Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Consortium of Church Libraries and Archives



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