British Museum (Natural History) - Botany Library - Sir Joseph Banks correspondence, 1768-1819, tran...
British Museum (Natural History) - Botany Library - Sir Joseph Banks correspondence, 1768-1819, transcribed by Dawson Turner, 1833-1845
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Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]
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M 2662
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microfilm reel 35 mm
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Microfilm : M 2662. See contents list (25pp.) at Micro. Ref. Bks. 2.3/277, vol. 17.
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Microfilm includes: Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, transcribed by Dawson Turner, relating to voyages of the Resolution, Bounty, Discovery and other ships to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. The correspondents include Daniel Solander, Lord Sandwich, James Cook, William Bligh, Matthew Flinders and George Caley
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British Museum (Natural History) - Botany Library - Sir Joseph Banks correspondence, 1768-1819, transcribed by Dawson Turner, 1833-1845
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National Library of Australia holds microform master
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Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M2662
Original held by the Botany Library, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, England
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Naturalist and patron of science. Dawson Turner (1775-1858) was a banker, botanist and bibliophile. While working on Joseph Banks' biography, Dawson Turner arranged for the transcription of his correspondenc. Between 1833 and 1845, many of Joseph Banks' letters, including some of Solander's, were transcribed by Mary and Hannah Turner, daughters of...
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M 2662
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YK5QV8Rn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YK5QV8Rn
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433012
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