![]() ![]() Following the conquests of Alexander the Great which started the Hellenistic period, most of the ancient regions were culturally Hellenised, and this continued during the Byzantine era. One of the world's earliest permanently settled regions, present-day Turkey was home to important Neolithic sites like Göbekli Tepe, and was inhabited by ancient civilisations including the Hattians, Hittites, Anatolian peoples, Mycenaean Greeks, Persians and others. ![]() Ankara is Turkey's capital, while Istanbul is its largest city and financial centre. Most people are Turks, and Kurds are the largest minority. It borders the Black Sea to the north Georgia to the northeast Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east Iraq to the southeast Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south the Aegean Sea to the west and Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest. Paper Size ~ 8 1/4" by 10 1/4".Turkey ( Turkish: Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti ( listen)), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe. Please review the image carefully for condition and contact us with any questions. Some of the fold out plates may have some faint offst. There may be a few minor imperfections or faint marks to be expected with age. The work is in very good to excellent condition overall. The voyage resulted in what Cook judged his most valuable discovery - the Hawaiian Islands" (Hill). ![]() Despite hostilities with the United States and France, the scientific nature of this expedition caused the various governments to exempt these vessels from capture. Charles Clarke took command and after he died six months later, the ships returned to England under John Gore. He returned to Hawaii for the winter and was killed in an unhappy skirmish with the natives over a boat. Cook charted the American west coast from Northern California through the Bering Strait as far north as latitude 70 degrees 44 minutes before he was stopped by pack ice. After calling at Kerguelen Island, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Cook, Tonga, and Society Islands, the expedition sailed north and discovered Christmas Island and the Hawaiian Islands, which Cook named the Sandwich Islands. John Webber was appointed artist to the expedition. Officers of the crew included William Bligh, James Burney, James Colnett, and George Vancouver. "Cook's third voyage was organized to seek the Northwest Passage and to return Omai to Tahiti. He was really the first scientific navigator and his voyages made great contributions to many fields of knowledge" (Hill). In three great voyages Cook did more to clarify the geographical knowledge of the southern hemisphere than all his predecessors had done together. "The famous accounts of Captain Cook's three voyages form the basis for any collection of Pacific books. King completed the third volume from which these engravings are offered. His second lietenant, James King, made a second attempt at the Northwest passage before returning to England via China and the Thames. The expedition returned South to Hawaii where Captain Cook met his untimely demise over a fight over the theft of a cutter in Kealakekua Bay. The passage was blocked by ice, but it resulted in Cook's discovery of the Hawaiian Islands, the charting of Alaska's coastling, and the exploration of the North Specific up to 70° N. He embarked on this third voyage on the HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery in hopes to find the Northwest passage. James Cook was already a celebrated Captain by 1776, having completed two scientific expeditions for the Admirality and Royal Society. ![]() It is an account of Cook's 3rd and last voyage, during which he explored Hawaii and the west coast of America, Canada, and Alaska. The work was published in Paris by Hotel de Thou from 1778 to 1785. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780". To determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America its Distance from Asia and the Practicality of a Northern Passage to Europe. This fascinating engraving is from the French edition of Captain James Cook & John Hawkesworth's "Relation des Voyages entrepris par ordre de Sa Majestà Britannique." or "A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. ![]()
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