John Hawkesworth

John Hawkesworth LLD, One of the editors of Cook's First Voyage' Engraving from the octavo edition of 'A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world : undertaken and performed by royal authority.' John Hawkesworth (c.1715 - 1773), was an English writer who was commissioned by the British Admiralty to compile An Account of the Voyages Undertaken in the Southern Hemisphere (1773), dealing chiefly with the voyages of exploration of Captain Cook. Small margins.