UID:
edocfu_9961252324002883
Format:
1 online resource (411 pages) :
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illustrations
ISBN:
0-300-25213-7
Series Statement:
Yale scholarship online
Content:
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. This volume reveals the true extent of Banks's contributions to science and Britain.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2020.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Illustrations --
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Acknowledgements --
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Introduction --
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CHAPTER 1 The Banks Family and the Young Joseph --
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CHAPTER 2 Newfoundland and Labrador --
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CHAPTER 3 HMS Endeavour --
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CHAPTER 4 The Hero and the Egotist --
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CHAPTER 5 To Iceland: The Independent Explorer --
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CHAPTER 6 The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew --
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CHAPTER 7 The Father of Australia --
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CHAPTER 8 The Scientist-Enabler --
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CHAPTER 9 The Last Two Decades --
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A Note on Banks’s Journals & Correspondence --
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A Note on Banks’s Date of Birth --
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Endnotes --
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Abbreviations --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-300-22383-8
Language:
English
Keywords:
Biographies.
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Biographies.
DOI:
10.12987/9780300252132
