Endeavouring Banks: Exploring Collections from the Endeavour Voyage 1768-1771
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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. They returned with unprecedented collections of artifacts 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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0295998113
ISBN13:9780295998114
Release Date:May 2016
Publisher:University of Washington Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:3.75 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 9.4" x 11.1"
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