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Author : Joseph Banks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Natural history
ISBN : OCLC:83458869
Author : Joseph Banks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Endeavour (Ship).
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004838798
Author : Joseph Dalton Hooker,Joseph Banks
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0353042803
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 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. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Joseph Banks
Publisher : Benediction Books
Page : 600 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-10
Category : Natural history
ISBN : 1849029563
Author : Joseph Banks
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1515038335
"The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks" from Joseph Banks. English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural (1743 - 1820).
Author : Joseph Banks,Neil Chambers
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1860942040
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 : Joseph Banks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : HARVARD:TZ1JRV
Author : Joseph Banks
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-06-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781108029162
A fascinating account of the voyage of the Endeavour across the Pacific Ocean, by Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820).
Author : Joseph Banks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:78192114
Author : Sir Joseph Banks
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
Page : 540 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0353566195
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 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. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Neil Chambers,Anna Agnarsdóttir,Jeremy Coote,Philip J. Hatfield,John Gascoigne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Animals
ISBN : 1907372903
"When English naturalist Joseph Banks (1743-1820) accompanied Captain James Cook (1728-1779) on his historic mission into the Pacific, the Endeavour voyage of 1768-1771, he took with him a team of collectors and illustrators. Banks and his team returned with unprecedented collections of artefacts and specimens of stunning birds, fish, and other animals as well as thousands of plants, most seen for the first time in Europe. They produced, too, remarkable landscape and figure drawings of the peoples encountered on the voyage along with detailed journals and descriptions of the places visited, which, with the first detailed maps of these lands (Tahiti, New Zealand and the east coast of Australia), were afterwards used to create lavishly illustrated accounts of the mission. These ... objects, along with contemporary portraits of key personalities aboard the ship, a scale model and plans of the ship itself, scientific instruments taken on the voyage, and commemorative medals and sketches - will tell the story of the Endeavour voyage."--Back cover.
Author : Joseph Banks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1357097831
Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1997-12-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0226616282
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 : Neil Chambers
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2000-11-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781783261826
Sir Joseph Banks was man of science, of affairs, 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 £10,000. Together they made unprecedented collections of flora and fauna in 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 at 32 Soho Square. His collections were remarkable both for their size and for the unique material from the Pacific they contained. 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. As President he fostered enlightened relations between scientists across Europe throughout a period of conflict and turbulent change. He was also Special Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, which flourished under his control, becoming greater than any other. Voyages of discovery were mounted with his help to explore new lands, to obtain and move plants from one part of the world to another, and to further British interests abroad. He was also an influential privy councillor, and an advisor to George III and successive governments. Banks was at the scientific and social centre of Georgian life for more than five decades. As such he developed a global network of correspondence, using letters to further knowledge, and ultimately to shape events in the cause of empire. He suggested the possibility of establishing colonies on the east coast of Australia, and then he actively supported them for the remainder of his life. He has therefore been regarded by some as the 'Father of Australia'. Furthermore, in the Napoleonic Wars he acted to save the population of Iceland when its trade was seized by the British. His views could hardly be avoided on matters of botany or horticulture, drainage or agriculture, on coinage, exploration or science in general. Yet he was a warm, authoritative writer with a direct, flowing prose style. His letters make fascinating reading for their variety, as well as the insight into his public and private life they provide. This selection is made from the remaining 6,000 letters Banks wrote, and will introduce many readers to a deeply impressive figure, who is rapidly being recognized as one of the great men of his age. More details about the Sir Joseph Banks Archive Project can be found at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/banks/. Contents:To James Douglas, 1 December 1768To Thomas Falconer, 2 April 1773To Sir George Yonge, 15 May 1787To Count Alessandro Volta, 20 December 1792To John King, 7 November 1796To Sir William Hamilton, 8 November 1799To The President and Secretaries of the Institut National des Sciences et des Arts, 21 January 1802To Captain William Bligh, 15 March 1805To Dr Everard Home, 22 October 1810To The Council of the Royal Society, 1 June 1820and other letters Readership: Students and researchers in the history of science, history and literature. Keywords:Natural History;Botany;Cartography (Map Making);Astronomy and Physics;The Enlightenment;History of Science;History Generally;Literature;Letters and Correspondence;Exploration;Voyages of Discovery;Navigation;Australia;New Zealand;The Royal Society;Technology;Industrial Revolution;James Cook;Benjamin Franklin;King George III;Sir Joseph Banks;Matthew Flinders;Humphry Davy;Sir William Herschel;James Watt;Matthew Boulton;Sir William Hamilton;Daniel Solander;History of the Late Eighteenth Century and Early Ninenteenth Century;Napoleonic WarsReviews:“This selection helps to restore to the map of late eighteenth-century and early nineteenth-century intellectual life a figure too long absent and a great master of the art of letter-writing. It offers a glimpse of the long-submerged epistolary riches that provide such insight into the character of a remarkable individual and his age.”Nature “Browsing through these letters gives a splendid indication of Banks's changing and comprehensive interests … this will do much to establish Banks's reputation in his native country.”Notes and Records of The Royal Society “… the current volume should be warmly welcomed by Banks scholars and more general readers alike as early fruit of the Banks Archive Project. It is to be hoped that the Project will succeed in making the rich diversity of Banksian correspondence available to further promote understanding of the man, his exploits and his historical significance.”The British Journal for the History of Science “This sample from Banks's letters serves as an excellent introduction not only to Banks himself but also to the world of British science during the reign of George III. It can be consulted with profit by the general reader and the specialist alike.”History of Science Society
Author : Peter Moore
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780374715519
"An immense treasure trove of fact-filled and highly readable fun.” --Simon Winchester, The New York Times Book Review A Sunday Times (U.K.) Best Book of 2018 and Winner of the Mary Soames Award for History An unprecedented history of the storied ship that Darwin said helped add a hemisphere to the civilized world The Enlightenment was an age of endeavors, with Britain consumed by the impulse for grand projects undertaken at speed. Endeavour was also the name given to a collier bought by the Royal Navy in 1768. It was a commonplace coal-carrying vessel that no one could have guessed would go on to become the most significant ship in the chronicle of British exploration. The first history of its kind, Peter Moore’s Endeavour: The Ship That Changed the World is a revealing and comprehensive account of the storied ship’s role in shaping the Western world. Endeavour famously carried James Cook on his first major voyage, charting for the first time New Zealand and the eastern coast of Australia. Yet it was a ship with many lives: During the battles for control of New York in 1776, she witnessed the bloody birth of the republic. As well as carrying botanists, a Polynesian priest, and the remains of the first kangaroo to arrive in Britain, she transported Newcastle coal and Hessian soldiers. NASA ultimately named a space shuttle in her honor. But to others she would be a toxic symbol of imperialism. Through careful research, Moore tells the story of one of history’s most important sailing ships, and in turn shines new light on the ambition and consequences of the Age of Enlightenment.