Banks

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: ABC Books
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2020
Edition: First Edition

Description: 484 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Lust, science, adventure - Joseph Banks and his voyages of discovery Explorer, naturalist and president of Britains Royal Society, Sir Joseph Banks was a larger-than-life character best known for his promotion of science. In 1768 Banks joined Captain James Cooks 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 Britains most colourful and successful scientists.

ISBN: 9780733340505