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Pages: 340
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997-12-08 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press
One of our greatest writers about the sea has written an engrossing story of one of history's most legendary maritime explorers. Patrick O'Brian's biography of
Language: en
Pages: 416
Pages: 416
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Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), as a naturalist, accompanied Captain James Cook on expeditions to Australia and Tahiti, where he cataloged new species of plants a
Language: en
Pages: 542
Pages: 542
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-12-08 - Publisher: Nabu Press
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant mark
Language: en
Pages: 411
Pages: 411
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-06-30 - Publisher: Yale University Press
A fascinating life of Sir Joseph Banks which restores him to his proper place in history as a leading scientific figure of the English Enlightenment As official
Language: en
Pages: 403
Pages: 403
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-05-11 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
This 1911 biography reveals the extraordinary influence of the wealthy botanist Banks on eighteenth-century science, exploration and society.