The Right Honorable Sir Joseph Banks, K.B. President of the Royal Society.
London: William Daniell, 1811. A strong impression of Sir Joseph Banks. Banks [1742 - 1820] was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences.
Banks made his name on the 1766 natural-history expedition to Newfoundland and Labrador [...] and took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768–1771), visiting Brazil, Tahiti, and after 6 months in New Zealand, Australia. He held the position of president of the Royal Society for over 41 years... and sent botanists around the world to collect plants, he made Kew the world's leading botanical garden. He is credited for bringing 30,000 plant specimens home with him; amongst them, he was the first European to document 1,400. Banks advocated British settlement in New South Wales and the colonisation of Australia, as well as the establishment of Botany Bay as a place for the reception of convicts, and advised the British government on all Australian matters. (adapted from Wikipedia)
Image 8 x 10 3/4" on paper 12 3/4 x 19". Margins a trifle dusty, image fine. Otherwise very good condition. Item #27787
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