JOSEPH BANKS IN NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, 1766: HIS DIARY, MANUSCRIPTS AND COLLECTIONS.

Cambridge Rare Books

ISBN: 20571093515

Title: JOSEPH BANKS IN NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR, 1766: HIS DIARY, MANUSCRIPTS AND COLLECTIONS.

Authors: Lysaght, A. M.

Binding: Hardback

Publisher: Faber and Faber

Publish Date: 1971

Condition: VERY GOOD

SKU: 536894

Details: 1971. Faber and Faber. First. Hard Cover. Book- VG. DJ- VG, protective covered. 11x9. 512pp. Frontis, 12 colour plates, 91 b/w plates & maps, 6 b/w illus, 9 facsimiles - some folding. Ex-libris - City of Leicester College of Education. Joseph Banks is generally known as a wealth young naturalist who sailed with Captain Cook on his first voyage round the world. Banks's earlier voyage to Newfoundland and Labrador in the 'Niger' in 1766 is less familiar. This volume contains his diary of that voyage, his scientific manuscripts and a detailed account of his collections, on which, working alone as a field biologist, he gained the essential experience which enabled him to make the voyage of the 'Endeavour' such an outstanding success in the field of botanical and zoological exploration.