After James Cook's voyage in HMS Endeavour, Banks developed a network of scientists and explorers. Banks's correspondence is one of the great primary sources for studying the Pacific region during this important period of exploration and colonial expansion.
ISBN: | 9781851968350 |
Publication date: | 1st December 2008 |
Author: | Joseph Banks, Neil Chambers |
Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 458 pages |
Series: | The Pickering Masters |
Genres: |
Biography, Literature and Literary studies |