02911nam 2200601 450 991079415500332120210125205206.00-300-25213-710.12987/9780300252132(CKB)4100000010952770(MiAaPQ)EBC6167570(DE-B1597)551381(DE-B1597)9780300252132(StDuBDS)EDZ0002390505(OCoLC)1158142509(EXLCZ)99410000001095277020201201e20212020 fy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe multifarious Mr. Banks from Botany Bay to Kew, the natural historian who shaped the world /Toby Musgrave[electronic resource]New Haven :Yale University Press,2021.1 online resource (411 pages) illustrationsYale scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2020.0-300-22383-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --Illustrations --Acknowledgements --Introduction --CHAPTER 1 The Banks Family and the Young Joseph --CHAPTER 2 Newfoundland and Labrador --CHAPTER 3 HMS Endeavour --CHAPTER 4 The Hero and the Egotist --CHAPTER 5 To Iceland: The Independent Explorer --CHAPTER 6 The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew --CHAPTER 7 The Father of Australia --CHAPTER 8 The Scientist-Enabler --CHAPTER 9 The Last Two Decades --A Note on Banks’s Journals & Correspondence --A Note on Banks’s Date of Birth --Endnotes --Abbreviations --Bibliography --IndexAs 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.Yale scholarship online.BotanyHistoryNatural historyExplorersGreat BritainBiographyNaturalistsGreat BritainBiographyEnlightenmentGreat BritainGreat BritainfastBiographies.fastBiographies.lcgftBotanyHistory.Natural history.ExplorersNaturalistsEnlightenment508.092Musgrave Toby1524013StDuBDSStDuBDSBOOK9910794155003321The multifarious Mr. Banks3764442UNINA