Joseph Banks and the British Museum

Joseph Banks and the British Museum
Author: Neil Chambers
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2015-09-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317303644

Concentrating on the explorer and naturalist Joseph Banks (1743-1820), this book explores the early history of collections at the British Museum. Taking Banks' extraordinary career as its basis, it examines the changes that took place during a period of transition that led to collecting on an increasingly global scale.

Joseph Banks and the British Museum

Joseph Banks and the British Museum
Author: Neil Chambers
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2015-09-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317303636

Concentrating on the explorer and naturalist Joseph Banks (1743-1820), this book explores the early history of collections at the British Museum. Taking Banks' extraordinary career as its basis, it examines the changes that took place during a period of transition that led to collecting on an increasingly global scale.

The Life of Sir Joseph Banks

The Life of Sir Joseph Banks
Author: Edward Smith
Publisher: London : J. Lane ; New York : J. Lane Company
Total Pages: 408
Release: 1911
Genre: Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820
ISBN:

The Life of Sir Joseph Banks

The Life of Sir Joseph Banks
Author: Edward Smith
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2011-05-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1108031129

This 1911 biography reveals the extraordinary influence of the wealthy botanist Banks on eighteenth-century science, exploration and society.

Joseph Banks and the English Enlightenment

Joseph Banks and the English Enlightenment
Author: John Gascoigne
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2003-12-18
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780521542111

A biography of scientific thinker Joseph Banks, placing his work in the context of eighteenth-century Britain.

The Banks Letters

The Banks Letters
Author: British Museum (Natural History)
Publisher: London : Printed by order of the trustees of the British Museum
Total Pages: 1022
Release: 1958
Genre: Scientists
ISBN: