THE ART OF
CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES
Volume One
& Volume Two - First Editions
By Rudiger Joppien
& Bernard Smith
Volume One
The Voyage of the
Endeavour 1768 – 1771
Hardcover in
Dustjacket 247 Pages 1985
Volume Two
The Voyage of the
Resolution & Adventure
Hardcover in
Dustjacket 274 Pages 1985
These magnificent volumes bring together the
visual record of Captain James Cook's voyages to the Pacific, with the exception
of drawings related to natural history, which are not included. Each volume
provides an account of the progress of the voyage with emphasis on the
significance of the role of the professional artists Sydney Parkinson on the
first voyage and William Hodges on the second and critical analyses of their
work; a descriptive inventory listing the works catalogued by their present
locations; and a descriptive catalogue of all materials in the text, arranged
chronologically.
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