03391oam 2200637I 450 991081595780332120230421220809.01-315-64931-41-317-30363-61-281-12494-X97866111249461-85196-535-110.4324/9781315649313(CKB)1000000000481148(EBL)328103(OCoLC)476125139(SSID)ssj0000186133(PQKBManifestationID)11182078(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000186133(PQKBWorkID)10216426(PQKB)10362044(MiAaPQ)EBC328103(MiAaPQ)EBC4014385(OCoLC)948602725(Au-PeEL)EBL328103(OCoLC)437196938(UkCbUP)CR9781851965359(EXLCZ)99100000000048114820180706d20162007 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierJoseph Banks and the British Museum the world of collecting, 1770-1830 /Neil ChambersFirst edition.London ;New York :Routledge,2016.1 online resource (xiv, 195 pages) illustrations, portraitsd; igital, PDF file(s)"First published 2007 by Pickering & Chatto (Publisher) Limited"--t.p. verso.1-85196-858-X Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Preface; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Banks as an Early Traveller and Collector, and the British Museum; 2 Ethnography; 3 Natural History and Zoology; 4 Investigating Natural History: Expanding Limits After 1800; 5 Earth Sciences; 6 Libraries and Antiquities; Conclusions; Epitaph; Notes; Bibliography; AppendixThere has been an upsurge of interest in the British Museum's unrivalled collections and their place in eighteenth-century culture. Concentrating on the explorer and naturalist Joseph Banks (1743-1820), this book explores the early history of collections at the British Museum, the first public national museum to be established. Banks travelled around the world with James Cook on HMS Endeavour, making important plant, animal and insect collections. Becoming one of the major patrons of British exploration and science, Banks was a significant trustee and donor of material for the museum. Taking Banks's extraordinary career as its basis, this book examines the changes that took place during a period of transition that led to collecting on an increasingly global scale and shows how these affected the British Museum itself. The book will appeal to scholars of eighteenth-century science, culture and arts, museum history, exploration and empire.Joseph Banks & the British MuseumCollectors and collectingGreat BritainHistory18th centuryCollectors and collectingGreat BritainHistory19th centuryCollectors and collectingHistoryCollectors and collectingHistory069.5094109033Chambers Neil1646059UkCbUPUkCbUPBOOK9910815957803321Joseph Banks and the British Museum3992872UNINA