BOOK
Title:
Planting the world: Joseph Banks and his collectors : an adventurous history of botany
Publication:
William Collins, London, Eng, [c2020]
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-501) and index.
Extent:
xxxix, 520 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits (some color) ; 25 cm.
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1785 April 3 - 1785 May 27
Abstract:
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This diary records the individuals and sights that he saw while in England. There are many observations of life in London, e.g. parks, buildings, paintings, food. Outside of London he visited many towns, including Manchester and its cotton mills as well as the steel mills of Birmingham. He relates his visit to Drury Lane and the dramatic performance of Sarah Siddons. Some of the people he met included Sir Joseph Banks, Sir Charles Blagden, Matthew Boulton, Joseph Priestley, William Pitt the Younger, and Benjamin Vaughan. He also visited and described the gardens at Kew. The diary includes several sketches, including the plan of Blenheim Palace, and also a table of distances traveled.
Subjects:
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Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820 |
Beyond Early America |
Blagden, Charles, Sir, 1748-1820 |
Blenheim Palace (England) |
Boulton, Matthew, 1728-1809 |
England -- Description and travel. |
England -- Industries. |
Gardens -- England. |
Malesherbes, Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de, 1721-1794 |
Palaces -- England. |
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 |
Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804 |
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. |
Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831 |
Sketches. |
Vaughan, Benjamin, 1751-1835 |
Wiart, Jean Francois