| ISBN |
9781742235004 (hardback) |
| 174223500X (hardback) |
| Title |
Endeavouring Banks : exploring collections from the Endeavour voyage 1768-1771 / [editor] Neil Chambers ; with contributions ny Anna Agnarsdóttir and 4 others ; [with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough]. |
| Published |
Coogee, N.S.W. : NewSouth Publishing, 2016. |
| ©2016 |
| Description |
303 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, facsimiles ; 29 cm |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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 specimens together with illustrations and descriptions of them, showing a rich diversity of newly discovered species. It also shows how Banks organised this material, planning but ultimately failing to publish it. |
| Subjects |
Banks, Joseph, -- 1743-1820 -- Travel -- Pacific Area |
| Cook, James, -- 1728-1779 -- Travel -- Pacific Area |
| Endeavour (Ship) |
| Discoveries in geography -- Early works to 1800 |
| Pacific Area -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800 |
| Other Names |
Chambers, Neil editor. |
| Anna Agnarsdóttir contributor. |
| Attenborough, David, 1926- author of foreword. |
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