MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1766-1820
Abstract:
This collection is comprised of materials from seven repositories and includes correspondence from Banks' colleagues and explorers, such as John Hope, Josiah Wedgwood, Georg Forster, and Captain William Bligh; records of expenses for voyages and journeys; and journals kept during voyages to New Foundland and Labrador (1766) and around the world with Captain James Cook (1768-1771). Topics include botany and horticulture, marine life, and collecting specimens.
Call #:
Mss.H.S.Film.3
Extent:
50 microfilm_reel(s)
Subjects:
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Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820 | Beccaria, Giambatista, 1716-1781 | Bligh, William, 1754-1817 | Botany. | Bounty (Ship) | Brazil -- Description and travel. | Canada -- Discovery and exploration. | Cook, James, 1728-1779 | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | Endeavour (Ship) | Fabbroni, Giovanni Valentino Mattia, 1752-1822 | Forster, Georg, 1754-1794 | Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 | Hope, John, 1725-1786 | Horticulture. | Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 | Ingenhousz, Jan, 1730-1799 | Journals (notebooks). | Marine biology | Microfilm Collection | Naturalists - England | Oceania -- Discovery and exploration. | Peale, Charles Willson, 1741-1827 | Pitcairn Island -- Discovery and exploration. | Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835 | Voyages and travels. | Wedgwood, Josiah, 1730-1795