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HAWKESWORTH, John, editor. Voyages autour du monde...pour faire des découvertes dans l'Hémisphère austral...par le Chef d'Escadre Byron, les capitaines Wallis, Carteret & Cooke...traduit de l'anglois. Amsterdam and Rotterdam: various publishers, 1784. 4 volumes, 4° (256 x 195mm). 24 folding engraved maps and 24 (of 26) plates, mostly folding, half-titles. (Lacks plate 2 in vol.II and the Kangaroo plate in vol.IV, a few plates and maps with short tears.) Contemporary sheep. Contains the first appearance in French of Cook's journey. (4)
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HAWKESWORTH, John, editor. Voyages autour du monde...pour faire des découvertes dans l'Hémisphère austral...par le Chef d'Escadre Byron, les capitaines Wallis, Carteret & Cooke...traduit de l'anglois. Amsterdam and Rotterdam: various publishers, 1784. 4 volumes, 4° (256 x 195mm). 24 folding engraved maps and 24 (of 26) plates, mostly folding, half-titles. (Lacks plate 2 in vol.II and the Kangaroo plate in vol.IV, a few plates and maps with short tears.) Contemporary sheep. Contains the first appearance in French of Cook's journey. (4)

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HAWKESWORTH, John, editor. Voyages autour du monde...pour faire des découvertes dans l'Hémisphère austral...par le Chef d'Escadre Byron, les capitaines Wallis, Carteret & Cooke...traduit de l'anglois. Amsterdam and Rotterdam: various publishers, 1784. 4 volumes, 4° (256 x 195mm). 24 folding engraved maps and 24 (of 26) plates, mostly folding, half-titles. (Lacks plate 2 in vol.II and the Kangaroo plate in vol.IV, a few plates and maps with short tears.) Contemporary sheep. Contains the first appearance in French of Cook's journey. (4)