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Joseph Banks by Patrick O'Brian (Paperback, 1997)
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A magnificent biography of one of the most amiable and important figures in both the history of botany and the founding of Australia. Sir Joseph Banks, botanist, explorer, President of the Royal Society and one of Australia's founding fathers, was among the most influential figures of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. As a young man he accompanied Captain Cook on his voyage of discovery to Australia, in later years he was instrumental in establishing Kew Gardens as the greatest botanical centre in the world and he knew just about everybody who mattered in the scientific circles of the time. Patrick O'Brian's masterly biography draws on much hitherto unpublished material. Far from being the colossus of science traditionally imagined, Joseph Banks emerges here as a warm-hearted enthusiast whose legacy survives not only in the record of his botanizing in the South Seas but in the development of the Australian continent and in the tenor and tradition of subsequent scientific inquiry.Product Identifiers
PublisherVintage Publishing
ISBN-139781860464065
eBay Product ID (ePID)90898970
Product Key Features
Number of Pages336 Pages
Publication NameJoseph Banks
LanguageEnglish
SubjectBiology, History
Publication Year1997
TypeTextbook
AuthorPatrick O'brian
Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height216 mm
Item Weight333 g
Item Width135 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorPatrick O'brian
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- 06 May, 2020
Excellent but hindered by production.
Poor typography/production/print...looks like a secondary copy. given the upcoming anniversary a better rendition of a good text would be preferable. Puts me off this imprint generally.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 24 Jul, 2019
seriously readable
seriously readable by serious readersVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 26 Jul, 2024
Biography
Really useful biography of a fascinating manVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
