Joseph Banks and the British Museum: The World of Collecting, 1770-1830
Author:   Neil Chambers
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9781851968589


Pages:   210
Publication Date:   01 January 2007
Format:   Hardback
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Joseph Banks and the British Museum: The World of Collecting, 1770-1830


Overview

Concentrating on the explorer and naturalist Joseph Banks (1743-1820), this book explores the early history of collections at the British Museum. Taking Banks' extraordinary career as its basis, it examines the changes that took place during a period of transition that led to collecting on an increasingly global scale.

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Author:   Neil Chambers
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9781851968589


ISBN 10:   185196858
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   01 January 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations, Preface, Foreword, Introduction, 1 Banks as an Early Traveller and Collector, and the British Museum, 2 Ethnography, 3 Natural History and Zoology, 4 Investigating Natural History: Expanding Limits After 1800, 5 Earth Sciences, 6 Libraries and Antiquities, Conclusions, Epitaph, Notes, Bibliography, Appendix

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'scrupulously researched and referenced' Archives of Natural History


'scrupulously researched and referenced' Archives of Natural History 'A tantalizing taster to the wealth of information that we can expect from The Scientific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks; together these publications will shape how historians, biographers and other scholars will interpret Banks's contribution to the world of science.' Notes and Records of the Royal Society


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