Sir Joseph Banks

Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226616285
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Joseph Banks written by Patrick O'Brian and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1997-12-08 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of our greatest writers about the sea has written an engrossing story of one of history's most legendary maritime explorers. Patrick O'Brian's biography of naturalist, explorer and co-founder of Australia, Joseph Banks, is narrative history at its finest. Published to rave reviews, it reveals Banks to be a man of enduring importance, and establishes itself as a classic of exploration. "It is in his description of that arduous three-year voyage [on the ship Endeavor] that Mr. O'Brian is at his most brilliant. . . . He makes us understand what life within this wooden world was like, with its 94 male souls, two dogs, a cat and a goat."—Linda Colley, New York Times "An absorbing, finely written overview, meant for the general reader, of a major figure in the history of natural science."—Frank Stewart, Los Angeles Times "[This book is] the definitive biography of an extraordinary subject."—Robert Taylor, Boston Globe "His skill at narrative and his extensive knowledge of the maritime history . . . give him a definite leg up in telling this . . . story."—Tom Clark, San Francisco Chronicle

Author : Joseph Dalton Hooker
Publisher : Andesite Press
ISBN 13 : 9781298494931
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks ... During Captain Cook's First Voyage in H.M.S. Endeavour in 1768-71 to Terra Del Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies, Etc. written by Joseph Dalton Hooker and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Edward Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life of Sir Joseph Banks written by Edward Smith and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edward Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108031129
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life of Sir Joseph Banks written by Edward Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-11 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1911 biography reveals the extraordinary influence of the wealthy botanist Banks on eighteenth-century science, exploration and society.

Author : Joseph Banks
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9781860942044
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Letters of Sir Joseph Banks written by Joseph Banks and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2000 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Joseph Banks was a great Georgian figure. He circumnavigated the world with Captain James Cook on the H.M.S. Endeavor (1768-1771). He took with him a team of naturalists, illustrators and assistants at a personal cost of pounds 10,000. They made unprecedented collections of flora and fauna in most of the places the H.M.S. Endeavor visited. Banks also led the first British scientific expedition to Iceland, in 1772. Later, he settled in London and assembled an enormous herbarium-cum-library. This was remarkable for its size and for the unique material gathered from the Pacific. Banks was elected President of the Royal Society in 1778, a position he held for 41 years -- the longest anyone has served in that capacity. He was also the Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, which flourished under his control and became greater than any other. He was also an influential privy councilor and advisor to George III and the government. Banks was therefore at the scientific and social centre ofGeorgian life for more than five decades of rapid change. Once established in this position, he developed an enormous, global network of correspondence, using letters to shape events, to further knowledge, and to build an empire. There was almost no aspect too insignificant for his attention: and on matters of importance, his opinion was frequently sought. He has been called the "Fathers of Australia" for his role in establishing and then actively supporting colonies on the continent he visited with Cook. On matters of trade or agriculture, botany or horticulture, exploration or navigation, coinage, drainage and science, his views could hardly be avoided. Yet, he was a warm, authoritativewriter, with a "roiling" prose style. His letters make interesting reading for their variety as well as their insight into both his public and private life. This selection is from the over 5,000 letters which he wrote, and will in

Author : Toby Musgrave
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300223838
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Multifarious Mr. Banks written by Toby Musgrave and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Joseph Banks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sir Joseph Banks and the Royal Society written by Joseph Banks and published by . This book was released on 1844 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sir Joseph Banks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 546 pages
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Download or read book Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks written by Sir Joseph Banks and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anna Agnarsdóttir
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351899953
Total Pages : 863 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sir Joseph Banks, Iceland and the North Atlantic 1772-1820 / Journals, Letters and Documents written by Anna Agnarsdóttir and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-01-06 with total page 863 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Sir Joseph Banks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Papers of Sir Joseph Banks written by Sir Joseph Banks and published by . This book was released on 1745 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MS 9 comprises 240 letters, primarily of botanical and zoological interest, of which 31 are from Joseph Banks. The remainder are from some 83 correspondents including Sarah Banks, Earl of Bathurst, David Collins, W.B. Conyngham (5), Alexander Dalrymple (3), James Fleming, J.G.A. Forster (11), J.R. Forster (7), John Hunter (5), Philip Gidley King (7), Lord Nelson, William Paterson (5), W.P. Perrin (11), William Perry (5), William Petrie (6), Arthur Phillip and Lord Radnor. The collection also includes a copy of a letter from Banks, 15 September 1795, and copies of newspaper cuttings, 1911, 1920 and 1923, regarding auction of Captain Cook manuscripts.