Beschreibung:

Marra, JohnJournal of the Resolution's Voyage, in 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. On Discovery to the Southern Hemisphere ... also a Journal of the Adventure's Voyage, in the years 1772, 1773, and 1774. London: F. Newbery, 1775
8vo (205 x 123 mm). 5 engraved plates, engraved folding map and additional map uncalled for in directions to binder facing page 1; occasional stray spot, engraved plates offsetting onto facing text. Modern half calf expertly to style. Folding box.
The first views of the Antarctic.
First edition of the "first printed account of man's entry into the region South of Antarctic Circle, with rare additional chart facing p.1" (Spence).
"This rare account of Cook's second voyage was published surreptitiously eighteen months before Cook's official narrative. It records many incidents omitted by Cook and gives the reasons which caused Sir Joseph Banks and his twelve assistants to withdraw from the expedition at the last moment. Marra was a gunner's mate on the Resolution. He was an Irishman whom Cook had picked up in Batavia during the first voyage. Marra made an unsuccessful attempt to desert at Tahiti on May 14, 1774. Marra probably supplied material from his private journal which was put into shape by some literary person in the pay of the publisher Newbery" (Hill).
For further Cook material, see lots 58-69.
REFERENCES:Conrad pp.13-14; Hill 1087; Kroepelien 8090; Mitchell Library Cook 1270; Rosove 214.A1b ("very scarce"); Sabin 16247; Spence 758; Streeter sale IV:2408