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Joseph Banks' Florilegium: Botanical Treasures from Cook's First Voyage

Joseph Banks' Florilegium: Botanical Treasures from Cook's First Voyage

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Botany & HorticultureExplorationGeneral Art

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ISBN10: 0500022879
ISBN13: 9780500022870
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: Sep 10 2019
Pages: 320
Weight: 3.00
Height: 1.30 Width: 8.30 Depth: 10.80
Language: English

Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage around the world from 1768 to 1771. A gifted and wealthy young naturalist, Banks collected exotic flora from Madeira, Brazil, Tierra del Fuego, the Society Islands, New Zealand, Australia, and Java, bringing back over 1,300 species that had never been seen or studied by Europeans. On his return, Banks commissioned over 700 engravings. Known collectively as Banks' Florilegium, they are some of the most precise and exquisite examples of botanical illustration ever created.

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