Joseph Banks
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, (19 June 1820) was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences.Banks made his name on the 1766 natural-history expedition to Newfoundland and Labrador. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768–1771), visiting Brazil, Tahiti, and after 6 months in New Zealand, Australia, returning to immediate fame. He held the position of president of the Royal Society for over 41 years. He advised King George III on the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and by sending botanists around the world to collect plants, he made Kew the world's leading botanical garden. He is credited for bringing 30,000 plant specimens home with him; amongst them, he was the first European to document 1,400.
Banks advocated British settlement in New South Wales and the colonisation of Australia, as well as the establishment of Botany Bay as a place for the reception of convicts, and advised the British government on all Australian matters. He is credited with introducing the eucalyptus, acacia, and the genus named after him, ''Banksia'', to the Western world. Around 80 species of plants bear his name. He was the leading founder of the African Association and a member of the Society of Dilettanti, which helped to establish the Royal Academy. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Nicholson, William
Published 1788
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“...Banks, Joseph...”Published 1788
Printed for Thomas Dobson, at the stone house, in Second Street, between Market and Chesnut Street
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by Nicholson, William
Published 1795
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“...Banks, Joseph...”Published 1795
Printed by T. Dobson, at the stone-house, no. 41, South Second-Street
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by Carver, Jonathan
Published 1789
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“...Banks, Joseph...”Published 1789
Printed by Joseph Crukshank in Market-Street, between Second and Third-Streets
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by Buchan, William
Published 1795
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“...Banks, Joseph...”Published 1795
Printed by Thomas C. Green, and sold at his printing-office and book-store, on the Parade
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by Carver, Jonathan
Published 1784
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“...Banks, Joseph...”Published 1784
Printed and sold by Joseph Crukshank in Market-Street, and Robert Bell, in Third-Street
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