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The Last Voyage: Captain Cook's Lost Diary

by Hammond Innes

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London: Collins, 1978 Signed Hammond Innes on title page and also with a signed dedication on the front first blank page. Reconstructed account of Captain James Cook's last voyage in the form of a personal diary, the story of his third expedition as Cook might have told it. Searching for the North-West Passage Cook ultimately met his death on 14th February 1779, aged 50, in Hawaii. He had sailed more than 160,000 in his three great voyages of discovery. Handsome brown cloth with gilt vignettes of Cook on front board and gilt titles to spine. Coloured maps showing Cook's routes as endpapers. Illustrated jacketwith reproduction of paiting of Cook on back cover. Jacket now protected. A fine copy in fine jacket. 254 pages.. Signed by Author. First. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2".