Joseph Banks, a life

This biography of Sir Joseph Banks, botanist, explorer, President of the Royal Society and one of Australia's founding fathers, draws on much hitherto unpublished material. He emerges here as a warm-hearted enthusiast whose legacy survives in the development of the Australian continent.

First sentence: JOSEPH BANKS was born in London on 15 February 1743, and even before he possessed a Christian name the world learnt a good deal about him from the list of births in The Gentleman's Magazine: Feb 2 The Lady of Isaac Hill, Esq; deliver'd of a Son.

Year

1987

Language

English

Publisher

The Harvill Press

Editions

5

Pages

384

ISBN

9780002173506

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