Indian and Pacific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768–1820, Volume 2

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Banks's surviving correspondence
biographical entries
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botanical exchange
British Admiralty
British Empire exploration
Calcutta (Kolkata)
Calendar of Correspondence
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Civilization
Colleges
East India Company
East Indies
eighteenth-century science
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Finance
George III
Georgian correspondents
Governance
history of scientific collaboration
Honourable East India Company
Indian correspondence
Indies
Islam
James Cook
Jurisprudence
Justice
London
Madras (Chennai)
metropolitan science
Military
natural history collections
naturalists
naval scientific networks
Nootka Sound
North West Coast
Pacific correspondence
Pacific Voyage
Pitcairn Island
scientific correspondence
Shipping
Silk
Sir Joseph Banks
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781851968367
  • Weight: 929g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Nov 2009
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Hardback
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Following his participation in James Cook's circumnavigation in HMS Endeavour (1768-71), Joseph Banks developed an extensive global network of scientists and explorers. His correspondence shows how he developed effective working links with the British Admiralty and with the generation of naval officers who sailed after Cook.

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