Series 53: 'Accounts' concerning James Wiles and Christopher Smith and the breadfruit voyage of HM S...
Series 53: 'Accounts' concerning James Wiles and Christopher Smith and the breadfruit voyage of HM Ships Providence and Assistant, William Bligh, 1791-1794,1797
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Two gardeners, James Wiles and Christopher Smith, travelled on board HMS Providence as custodians and curators of the plants to be collected during the second breadfruit voyage and transported to the West Indies, and to England for the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. Banks was responsible for providing their instructions.
Wiles, the senior gar...
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Series 53: 'Accounts' concerning James Wiles and Christopher Smith and the breadfruit voyage of HM Ships Providence and Assistant, William Bligh, 1791-1794,1797
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These documents, previously located at ML A79-3, were purchased in 1884 from Lord Brabourne by Sir Saul Samuel, the Agent-General for New South Wales. They were transferred to the Mitchell Library in 1910 and were part of the accession which became known as the Brabourne collection.
It is now not possible to reconstruct Banks' original arra...
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