The multifarious Mr. Banks : from Botany Bay to Kew, the natural historian who shaped the world /

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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.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Musgrave, Toby (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Sujets:
Banks, Joseph, > 1743-1820.
Banks, Joseph, > 1743-1820
Naturalists > Great Britain > Biography.
Botanists > Great Britain > Biography.
Naturalistes > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Botanistes > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Botanists
Naturalists
Great Britain
Biography
Biographies
Biographies.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The Banks family and young Joseph
  • Newfoundland and Labrador
  • HMS Endeavour
  • The hero and the egotist
  • To Iceland : the independent explorer
  • The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • The father of Australia
  • The scientist-enabler
  • The last two decades.

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