Описание: Following his participation in James Cook`s circumnavigation in HMS Endeavour (1768-71), Joseph Banks developed an extensive global network of scientists and explorers. His correspondence shows how he developed effective working links with the British Admiralty and with the generation of naval officers who sailed after Cook.
Описание: Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) was a British botanist and one of the most influential scientific patrons of the eighteenth century. This volume, edited by fellow botanist Sir Joseph Hooker and first published in 1896, contains Banks` detailed account of the voyage of the Endeavour across the Pacific Ocean.
