The scientific letters of Sir Joseph Banks are an unprecedented and continuous record of 50 years of technological and intellectual development. Through his letters, this work provides an insight into the development of science and discovery from the 18th to the early 19th century. Sir Joseph Banks was a man of science and of letters. He circumnavigated the globe with Lieutenant James Cook on H.M.S. Endeavour, 1768-1771, taking with him a team of naturalists, illustrators and assistants at a personal cost of u10,000. Together they made unprecedented collections of flora and fauna at many of the places H.M.S. Endeavour visited. Banks also led the first British scientific expedition to Iceland in 1772. Later, he settled in London, and assembled an enormous library and herbarium, both of which were housed at 32 Soho Square from 1777 onwards. His collections were remarkable for their size, and especially for the unique material they contained from the Pacific. In 1778 Banks was elected President of the Royal Society, a position he held for over 41 years - the longest anyone has served in that capacity.
- ISBN:
- 9781851967667
- 9781851967667
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Category:
- Diaries
- Format:
- Mixed media product
- Publication Date:
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25-04-2007
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 3088
- Dimensions (mm):
- 234x156mm
- Weight:
- 5.49kg
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