Author: Joseph Banks
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108029167
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 533
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A fascinating account of the voyage of the Endeavour across the Pacific Ocean, by Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820).
Author: Joseph Banks
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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Author: Sir Joseph Banks (bart)
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Languages : en
Pages : 544
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Author: Sir Joseph Banks
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Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Author: Anna Agnarsdóttir
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1351899953
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 863
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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
ISBN: 9781422371176
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Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Author: Toby Musgrave
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300223838
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 411
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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: Sir Norman Lockyer
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 680
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Author: Joseph Henry Maiden
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Author: Edward Smith
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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