Joseph Banks' Florilegium : botanical treasures from Cook's first voyage / with texts by Mel Gooding ; commentaries on the plates by David Mabberley ; and an afterword by Joe Studholme.
Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage round the world from 1768 to 1771. A gifted and wealthy young naturalist, Banks collected exotic flora from Madeira, Brazil, Tierra del Fuego, the Society Islands, New Zealand, Australia and Java, bringing back over 1300 species that had neve...
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| Language: | English |
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[New York, New York] :
Thames & Hudson,
[2017]
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| Physical Description: | 320 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 36 cm |
| Format: | Book |