Sir Joseph Banks : 18th century explorer, botanist, and entrepreneur

by Charles Lyte

Hardcover, 1980

Status

Available

Call number

920

Collection

Main Book Collection

Publication

Newton Abbot : David & Charles

Description

Sir Joseph Banks life devoted to science, his voyages to Newfoundland and Labrador and with Captain Cook on the Endeavour. President of the Royal Society for 42 years.

Subjects

Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820

Botanists Great Britain Biography

Botany Great Britain History

Explorers Great Britain Biography

Naturalists Great Britain Biography

Language

English

Physical description

248 p.; 25 cm

ISBN

0715378848 / 9780715378847

Barcode

1838

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