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Banks / Grantlee Kieza.

Sir Joseph Banks was a larger-than-life character best known for his promotion of science. In 1768 Banks joined Captain James Cook's expedition to the South Pacific. The 30,000 specimens he brought back generated enormous interest, as did the sometimes racy written account of the journey, which chronicled his frequent amorous exploits. Banks' passion for the new and unusual flora of Australia led him to recommend Botany Bay to parliament as an excellent place for a penal settlement, despite the fact the soil was poor and there was no fresh running water, but he later became the foremost expert on everything Australian. By award-winning bestselling writer Grantlee Kieza, Banks is a rich and rollicking biography of one of Britain's most colourful and successful scientists.

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C9009247861 920 KIE
Adult nonfiction   City Branch . . Available .  
C9009184110 920 KIE
Adult nonfiction   Smithfield Branch . . Available .  
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ISBN 9780733340505
0733340504
Dewey 920
Author Kieza, Grantlee author.
Title Banks / Grantlee Kieza.
Published Sydney, NSW : ABC Books, 2020.
Physical description 485 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), colour map, portraits (some colour) ; 25 cm.
Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Sir Joseph Banks was a larger-than-life character best known for his promotion of science. In 1768 Banks joined Captain James Cook's expedition to the South Pacific. The 30,000 specimens he brought back generated enormous interest, as did the sometimes racy written account of the journey, which chronicled his frequent amorous exploits. Banks' passion for the new and unusual flora of Australia led him to recommend Botany Bay to parliament as an excellent place for a penal settlement, despite the fact the soil was poor and there was no fresh running water, but he later became the foremost expert on everything Australian. By award-winning bestselling writer Grantlee Kieza, Banks is a rich and rollicking biography of one of Britain's most colourful and successful scientists.
Subject Banks, Joseph, -- 1743-1820
Banks, Joseph, -- 1743-1820 -- Travel
Banks, Joseph, -- Sir,1743-1820
Banks, Joseph, -- 1743-1820
Travel
Botanists -- Great Britain -- Biography
Naturalists -- Great Britain -- Biography
Botany -- Oceania
Natural history
Scientific expeditions
Biographies
Botanists -- England -- Biography
Naturalists -- England -- Biography
Explorers
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