Massive compilation of Cook's three voyages, in addition to those of Byron, Wallis, Carteret, Mulgrave, Anson, and Drake. Hill calls the work "An important compilation of English voyages richly illustrated with 157 engraved maps and plates," and while only 156 are present in this copy, there seems to have been some variation from copy to copy. The copperplates are recut or restruck from the original accounts, and contain many of the most famous "first views" of the south sea islanders, northwest coast of America, etc., as well as important maps and profiles of newly charted regions. The plate of Cook's death is present. Hill pp. 6-7.