Series 61: Papers, being mainly letters received by Banksfrom Archibald Menzies, 1790-1795, 1798
Series 61: Papers, being mainly letters received by Banksfrom Archibald Menzies, 1790-1795, 1798
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Archibald Menzies, at the recommendation of Sir JosephBanks, was appointed botanist, and later also served as surgeon,on George Vancouver's voyage to survey the largely unknown northwest coast of the American continent.
On 1 April 1791 HM Ships Discovery and Chatham sailedfrom England calling first at the Canary Islands. The ships continuedt...
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Series 61: Papers, being mainly letters received by Banksfrom Archibald Menzies, 1790-1795, 1798
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The documents in this series, previously locatedat ML A79-2, were purchased in 1884 from Lord Brabourne by SirSaul Samuel, the Agent-General for New South Wales, and transferredto the Mitchell Library in 1910. They were part of the accessionwhich became known as the Brabourne collection.
Some of these documents were used by the compilersof H...
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