Author: Joseph Banks
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011-06-30
Total Pages: 533
ISBN-13: 1108029167
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A fascinating account of the voyage of the Endeavour across the Pacific Ocean, by Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820).
Author: Sir Joseph Banks
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781404709768
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Sir Joseph Banks (bart)
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Published: 1896
Total Pages: 544
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Anna Agnarsdóttir
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2017-01-06
Total Pages: 863
ISBN-13: 1351899953
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sir Joseph Banks was one of the great figures of Georgian England, best known for participating as naturalist in Cook's Endeavour voyage (1768-71), as a patron of science and as the longest-serving President of the Royal Society (1778-1820). This volume brings together all Banks's papers concerning Iceland and the North Atlantic, scattered in repositories in Britain, the United States, Australia and Denmark, and most published here for the first time. A detailed introduction places them in historical context.
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Publisher: American Philosophical Society
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Total Pages: 90
ISBN-13: 9781422371176
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Toby Musgrave
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2020-06-30
Total Pages: 411
ISBN-13: 0300223838
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A fascinating life of Sir Joseph Banks which restores him to his proper place in history as a leading scientific figure of the English Enlightenment As official botanist on James Cook's first circumnavigation, the longest-serving president of the Royal Society, advisor to King George III, the "father of Australia," and the man who established Kew as the world's leading botanical garden, Sir Joseph Banks was integral to the English Enlightenment. Yet he has not received the recognition that his multifarious achievements deserve. In this engaging account, Toby Musgrave reveals the true extent of Banks's contributions to science and Britain. From an early age Banks pursued his passion for natural history through study and extensive travel, most famously on the HMS Endeavour. He went on to become a pivotal figure in the advancement of British scientific, economic, and colonial interests. With his enquiring, enterprising mind and extensive network of correspondents, Banks's reputation and influence were global. Drawing widely on Banks's writings, Musgrave sheds light on Banks's profound impact on British science and empire in an age of rapid advancement.
Author: Peter Macinnis
Publisher: National Library Australia
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 0642276846
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Australian Backyard Explorer has been recognised on the 2011 White Ravens list for international children's and youth literature. Produced each year by the International Youth Library in Germany, the White Ravens recognise 'books of international interest that deserve a wider reception on account of their universal theme' or 'their exceptional and often innovative artistic and literary style and design'. Australian Backyard Explorer tells the stories of many intrepid individuals who explored the Australian continent in the first 120 years of European settlement. It includes little known explorers as well as the old favourites, such as James Cook, Edward John Eyre, Robert Oe(tm)Hara Burke and William John Wills. There are tales not only of tragedy, conflict and death, but also of loyalty, amazing perseverance and wonder over the new animals and landscapes they encountered.