31st Oct, 2012 12:00
Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Cochrane)
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[M] THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN COOK <br/>Our famous...
THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN COOK
Our famous geographer, M. De Busching, hath just received a letter from Mr Pallas, professor of the Imperial Academy of Petersburgh, dated the 21st of December, containing a recital of the unhappy end of the famous English traveller, Captain Cook, as follows…. a long and descriptive account of the voyage and details leading to the death of the famous explorer (front page, column 3, 29 cm. of column space), in a contemporay complete issue of THE EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, dated February 2nd, 1780
Our famous geographer, M. De Busching, hath just received a letter from Mr Pallas, professor of the Imperial Academy of Petersburgh, dated the 21st of December, containing a recital of the unhappy end of the famous English traveller, Captain Cook, as follows…. a long and descriptive account of the voyage and details leading to the death of the famous explorer (front page, column 3, 29 cm. of column space), in a contemporay complete issue of THE EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, dated February 2nd, 1780
Sold for £496
Estimated at £500 - £700
(inc. buyer's premium of 24%)
THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN COOK
Our famous geographer, M. De Busching, hath just received a letter from Mr Pallas, professor of the Imperial Academy of Petersburgh, dated the 21st of December, containing a recital of the unhappy end of the famous English traveller, Captain Cook, as follows…. a long and descriptive account of the voyage and details leading to the death of the famous explorer (front page, column 3, 29 cm. of column space), in a contemporay complete issue of THE EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, dated February 2nd, 1780
Our famous geographer, M. De Busching, hath just received a letter from Mr Pallas, professor of the Imperial Academy of Petersburgh, dated the 21st of December, containing a recital of the unhappy end of the famous English traveller, Captain Cook, as follows…. a long and descriptive account of the voyage and details leading to the death of the famous explorer (front page, column 3, 29 cm. of column space), in a contemporay complete issue of THE EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, dated February 2nd, 1780
Auction: Maritime and Scientific Models, Instruments & Art (Cochrane), 31st Oct, 2012
