KIPPIS, Andrew The Life of Captain James Cook.

“the first English biography of Cook” (Hill)

By KIPPIS, Andrew , 1778

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The Life of Captain James Cook.

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KIPPIS, Andrew
Dublin,
Printed for Messrs. H. Chamberlaine, W. Colles, R. Gross, W. Gilbert, W. Wilson, L. White, P. Byrne, P. Wogan, T. Stewart, J. Moore, and B. Dornin,
1778.
First edition. Octavo (210 by 120mm), xvi prelims., 527pp., contemporary half calf, marbled paper boards, rebacked to style.
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Andrew Kippis (1725–1795), was a Presbyterian minister and biographer, from Nottingham. In addition to numerous religious and antiquarian works, Kippis authored several biographies, including this first one, in English, of Captain Cook. ...

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Hill, 'The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages', 935.

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