1/ The first voyage of James Cook was a combined Royal Navy and Royal Society expedition to the south Pacific Ocean aboard HMS Endeavour, from 1768 to 1771. It was the first of three Pacific voyages of which Cook was the commander. The aims of this first expedition were to observe the 1769 transit of Venus across the sun. 2/Complete set of the Second Voyage with all text pages and plates; in the same uniform contemporary full-leather binding as the Premier 3/ full-leather, uniform bindings for text and plate volumes; spines with five raised bands, decorative gilt lines and original red leather label for title, as well as original green leather label for volume number and for “Atlas”; all bindings in original and excellent condition; original polychrome marbled endpapers preserved; text volumes in-4° format