About this title: This account of Captain James Cook's distinguished career begins with his first assignment on a Whitby collier, follows his early years in the Royal Navy, and his early hydrographic work in Newfoundland and New France. But it focuses for the most part on the Pacific voyages and in particular on the third which lasted from 1776 to 1780. Drawing extensively on source material and the journals and logs of the men who sailed with him, and using the superb engravings of John Webber, the artist who accompanied him during the voyage, the narrative describes the newly discovered societies in ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781550547252ISBN:1550547259
Description: As New in As New jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Very little or no wear; the spine is a bit slanted. Dust jacket shows very little or no wear. Quite clean. "Cornelius Krieghoff is Canada's most famous artist from the nineteenth century. He is best known for his affectionate depictions of everyday life among the habitants and First Nations residents of what is now Quebec. " Illustrated. Oblong, 11" tall, 11-1/2" wide. 323 pages. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver
ISBN-13:9781550547252ISBN:1550547259
Description: [1-55054-725-9] [1999], 1st printing. (Oblong 4to hardcover) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. xi, 323pp. Color frontispiece, black and white and color illustrations, photographs, notes, bibliography, index. Art of Cornelius Krieghoff. Contributors include Ramsay Cook, Francois-Marc Gagnon. (Art (Canada), Exhibition Catalog (Art Gallery of Ontario), Exhibition Catalog (Canada), Painters (Canada)) read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver. (
Date Published: 1999)
ISBN-13:9781550547252ISBN:1550547259
Description: First edition in Fine condition, full grey cloth with silver gilt, oblong quarto, illustrated, xi+323 pages. Fine pictorial DJ in a Brodart cover. ISBN 1550547259. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre, Limited, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781550547252ISBN:1550547259
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 4to. pp. 323, bw and color illustrations of the art works, bites, chronology, exhibition history, bibliography, index. read more
Binding: Cloth, d.j.
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre, Limited, Vancouver
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781550547252ISBN:1550547259
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 11" x 11.5" 323 pages, 152 colour plates and 50 black & white ilustrations. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at The Art Gallery of Ontario. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre 1550547259
ISBN-13:9781550547252ISBN:1550547259
Description: [1550547259] 1999. (Hardcover) Fine in fine dust jacket. 323pp. Quarto, square, excellent condition with black and white and colour plates throughout. read more
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