Endeavouring Banks : exploring collections from the Endeavour voyage 1768-1771 / [editor] Neil Chamb...
Endeavouring Banks : exploring collections from the Endeavour voyage 1768-1771 / [editor] Neil Chamb...
Endeavouring Banks : exploring collections from the Endeavour voyage 1768-1771 / [editor] Neil Chambers ; with contributions ny Anna Agnarsdottir and 4 others ; [with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough].
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Full title
Publisher
Coogee, N.S.W. NewSouth Publishing, 2016.
Call Numbers
HQ 2016/1607 , Q910.92/37 , GQ 2016/1043
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
303 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, facsimiles ; 29 cm.
Content type
still image
cartographic image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Background to the Endeavour voyage -- The voyage: aims and organization -- The Atlantic stage -- Dressing up, taking over and passing on: Joseph Banks and artificial curiosities from the Endeavour Voyage -- The Society Islands -- The material history of the Endeavour: Joseph Banks at the British Lib...
Publication information
Publisher
Coogee, N.S.W. NewSouth Publishing, 2016.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
2016.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
When English naturalist Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his historic mission into the Pacific, he took with him a team of collectors and illustrators who returned with unprecedented collections of artefacts, specimens and drawings, opening up a whole world of knowledge as yet undiscovered by Europeans. The book features original voyage spe...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Endeavouring Banks : exploring collections from the Endeavour voyage 1768-1771 / [editor] Neil Chambers ; with contributions ny Anna Agnarsdottir and 4 others ; [with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough].
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographical references.
Contextual Information
Date Copyright
copyright2016
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
HQ 2016/1607 , Q910.92/37 , GQ 2016/1043
Record Identifier
74VKVpGANA5A
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVpGANA5A
Other Identifiers
ISBN
174223500X (hardback)
9781742235004 (hardback)
DDC
910.92
MMS ID
991023987288502626
