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Joseph Banks

Author : Patrick O'Brian
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226616285
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (162 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

A Distant Prayer

Author : Joseph Banks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781577349051
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book A Distant Prayer written by Joseph Banks and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Multifarious Mr. Banks

Author : Toby Musgrave
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300223838
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 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.

Joseph Banks' Florilegium

Author : Mel Gooding
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0500022879
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Joseph Banks' Florilegium written by Mel Gooding and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compact edition of Joseph Banks’ extraordinary botanical engravings of flora discovered on Captain Cook’s first voyage. Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage around the world from 1768 to 1771. A gifted and wealthy young naturalist, Banks collected exotic flora from Madeira, Brazil, Tierra del Fuego, the Society Islands, New Zealand, Australia, and Java, bringing back over 1,300 species that had never been seen or studied by Europeans. On his return, Banks commissioned over 700 engravings. Known collectively as Banks’ Florilegium, they are some of the most precise and exquisite examples of botanical illustration ever created. The Florilegium was never published in Banks’ lifetime, and it was not until 1990 that a complete set in color was issued under the direction of the British Museum. It is from these prints that the new compact edition of Joseph Banks’ Florilegium is selected, as directed by David Mabberley, who has provided expert botanical commentaries. Art historian Mel Gooding sets the works in context while an afterword by Joe Studholme describes the history of modern printing. Joseph Banks’ Florilegium is not only a great work of science, but also a major achievement in collaborative Enlightenment art and a volume of outstanding beauty.

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.

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Author : Joseph Dalton Hooker
Publisher : Andesite Press
ISBN 13 : 9781298494931
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (949 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.

Planting the World: Joseph Banks and His Collectors: an Adventurous History of Botany

Author : Jordan Goodman
Publisher : William Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780007578863
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (788 download)

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Download or read book Planting the World: Joseph Banks and His Collectors: an Adventurous History of Botany written by Jordan Goodman and published by William Collins. This book was released on 2021-07-07 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Based on meticulous research in original sources ... Goodman illustrates vividly how adept [Banks] was ... Shining a light on individuals whose achievements are relatively uncelebrated' Jenny Uglow, New York Review of Books A bold new history of how botany and global plant collecting - centred at Kew Gardens and driven by Joseph Banks - transformed the earth. Botany was the darling and the powerhouse of the eighteenth century. As European ships ventured across the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific oceans, discovery bloomed. Bounties of new plants were brought back, and their arrival meant much more than improved flowerbeds - it offered a new scientific frontier that would transform Europe's industry, medicine, eating and drinking habits, and even fashion. Joseph Banks was the dynamo for this momentous change. As botanist for James Cook's great voyage to the South Pacific on the Endeavour, Banks collected plants on a vast scale, armed with the vision - as a child of the Enlightenment - that to travel physically was to advance intellectually. His thinking was as intrepid as Cook's seafaring: he commissioned radically influential and physically daring expeditions such as those of Francis Masson to the Cape Colony, George Staunton to China, George Caley to Australia, William Bligh to Tahiti and Jamaica, among many others. Jordan Goodman's epic history follows these high seas adventurers and their influence in Europe, as well as taking us back to the early years of Kew Gardens, which Banks developed devotedly across the course of his life, transforming it into one of the world's largest and most diverse botanical gardens. In a rip-roaring global expedition, based on original sources in many languages, Goodman gives a momentous history of how the discoveries made by Banks and his collectors advanced scientific understanding around the world.

Banks

Author : Grantlee Kieza
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
ISBN 13 : 1460711998
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Banks written by Grantlee Kieza and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2020-11-01 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lust, science, adventure -- Joseph Banks and his voyages of discovery Sir Joseph Banks was a man of passion whose influence spanned the globe. A fearless adventurer, his fascination with beautiful women was only trumped by his obsession with the natural world and his lust for scientific knowledge. Fabulously wealthy, Banks was the driving force behind monumental voyages and scientific discoveries in Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific, Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa and the Arctic. In 1768, as a galivanting young playboy, he joined Captain James Cook's Endeavour expedition to the South Pacific. Financing his own team of scientists and artists, Banks battled high seas, hailstorms, treacherous coral reefs and hostile locals to expand the world's knowledge of life on distant shores. He returned with thousands of specimens of plants and animals, generating enormous interest in Europe, while the racy accounts of his amorous adventures in Tahiti made him one of the most famous and notorious men in England. As the longest-serving president of Britain's Royal Society, Banks was perhaps the most important man in the scientific world for more than half a century. It was Banks, one of the first Europeans to set foot on Australia's east coast, who advised Britain to establish a remote penal settlement and strategic base at Botany Bay, and he eventually became the foremost expert on everything Australian. Early governors in the colony answered to him as he set about unleashing Australia's vast potential in agriculture and minerals. For decades, major British voyages of exploration around the globe only sailed with his backing. By award-winning bestselling writer Grantlee Kieza, Banks is a rich and rollicking biography of one of the most colourful and intriguing characters in the history of exploration. PRAISE FOR GRANTLEE KIEZA OAM 'Engagingly written ... one of the most nuanced portraits to date' -- The Australian 'Vivid, detailed and well written' -- Daily Telegraph 'A staggering accomplishment that can't be missed by history buffs and story lovers alike' -- Betterreading.com.au 'A free-flowing biography of a great Australian figure' --- John Howard 'Clear and accessible ... well-crafted and extensively documented' -- Weekend Australian 'Kieza has added hugely to the depth of knowledge about our greatest military general in a book that is timely' Tim Fischer, Courier-Mail 'The author writes with the immediacy of a fine documentary ... an easy, informative read, bringing historic personalities to life' -- Ballarat Courier

Joseph Banks and the British Museum

Author : Neil Chambers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317303644
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Joseph Banks and the British Museum written by Neil Chambers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concentrating on the explorer and naturalist Joseph Banks (1743-1820), this book explores the early history of collections at the British Museum. Taking Banks' extraordinary career as its basis, it examines the changes that took place during a period of transition that led to collecting on an increasingly global scale.

Joseph Banks in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1766

Author : Averil M. Lysaght
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520017801
Total Pages : 642 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (178 download)

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Download or read book Joseph Banks in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1766 written by Averil M. Lysaght and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1971 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diary of voyage on board Niger, 1766, scientific manuscripts, and detailed account of his biological collections.

Science in the Service of Empire

Author : John Gascoigne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521550697
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (56 download)

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Download or read book Science in the Service of Empire written by John Gascoigne and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-06-08 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Banks is one of the most significant figures of the English Enlightenment. This book places his work in promoting 'imperial science', in the context of the consolidation of the British State during a time of extraordinary upheaval. The American, French and Industrial Revolutions unleashed intense and dramatic change, placing growing pressure on the British state and increasing its need for expert advice on scientific matters. This was largely provided by Banks, who used his personal networks and systems of patronage to integrate scientific concerns with the complex machinery of government. In this book, originally published in 1998, Gascoigne skilfully draws out the rich detail of Banks' life within the broader political framework, and shows how imperial concerns prompted interest in the possible uses of science for economic and strategic gain. This is an important examination of the British State during a time of change and upheaval.

Breaking the Banks

Author : Joseph Healy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1920727949
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Breaking the Banks written by Joseph Healy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was once an industry built on trust, professionalism and value, has become synonymous with greed, complacency and everything that has gone wrong with capitalism. So how did Australian banks, which avoided much of the aftermath of the GFC, lose their way and become engulfed in scandal? Breaking the Banks delves into the causes and effects of the banking crisis that plagued Australia and the world, to re-establish the fundamentals of banking that for so long have been overshadowed by power and wealth, and provides us with a crucial blueprint to revolutionise the future of banking. With expertise in banking that spans over three decades and several markets and as a former senior executive at two of Australia’s largest banks, Joseph Healy, co-founder and co-CEO of Judo Bank, writes the insider’s account of the banking crisis that plagued Australia and the world.

The Life of Sir Joseph Banks

Author : Edward Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108031129
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (8 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.

Joseph Banks and the English Enlightenment

Author : John Gascoigne
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521542111
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (421 download)

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Download or read book Joseph Banks and the English Enlightenment written by John Gascoigne and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-12-18 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of scientific thinker Joseph Banks, placing his work in the context of eighteenth-century Britain.

The Scientific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1765-1820 Vol 1

Author : Neil Chambers
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040235182
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book The Scientific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1765-1820 Vol 1 written by Neil Chambers and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-08-07 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A record of fifty years of intellectual and technological activity. This record provides an insight into the development of science and discovery from the Eighteenth to the early Nineteenth Century. It links British science and society to developments on the continent of Europe, the West Indies, North America and to countries farther afield.

The Flowering of the Pacific

Author : Brian Adams
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Flowering of the Pacific written by Brian Adams and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1986 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Sir Joseph Banks, Iceland and the North Atlantic 1772-1820 / Journals, Letters and Documents

Author : Anna Agnarsdóttir
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351899953
Total Pages : 863 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 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.

The African Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1767–1820

Author : Neil Chambers
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000965929
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The African Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1767–1820 written by Neil Chambers and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-06-21 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition brings together in three fully edited volumes the correspondence and associated papers of Sir Joseph Banks regarding European and especially British exploration of Africa from 1767–1820, for the first time publishing this globally scattered material in one place, thereby revolutionizing its availability and understanding of the activities of a key figure who helped organize and publish a series of missions to penetrate the African interior, mainly from West Africa and by crossing the Sahara from Cairo and Tripoli. Banks was a founder in 1788 of the African Association, which mounted many of these missions, including those of Mungo Park to explore the River Niger, and J.L. Burkhardt exploring Syria, Arabia and Egypt. At the time, little was known about the African interior, its peoples, kingdoms and resources, and the aim of the African Association under Banks was to discover what lay there, to make contact with and study its societies, to map them and their lands and help establish trading links. Banks also maintained a lively correspondence with British diplomatic representatives in North Africa, such as James Mario Matra at Tangier and Henry Salt in Cairo, who were a rich source of news. Moreover, as unofficial director of the royal gardens at Kew he sent pioneering plant collectors to gather plants in South Africa, vastly boosting knowledge of this region’s important flora. At home, he corresponded with politicians, government officials, entrepreneurs, navigators, naturalists and campaigners like William Wilberforce about a great range of issues surrounding Africa. This work is multi-disciplinary and will stand alongside existing series of Banks’s correspondence published by Neil Chambers (Scientific Correspondence, 2007; Indian and Pacific Correspondence, 2007–14). It will appeal to scholars of African history in the Early Modern Period, to those studying exploration and collecting as well as those interested in natural history, the history of science, geography, cartography and the Enlightenment. An Introduction, detailed Calendar of Correspondents, Timelines for each volume and a comprehensive Index supplement the footnotes to nearly 800 documents included in this fascinating and comprehensive new series.