TY - BOOK
T1 - Sir Joseph Banks, Iceland and the North Atlantic 1772-1820 / Journals, Letters and Documents
AU - Agnarsdóttir, Anna
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2016 The Hakluyt Society. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/1/6
Y1 - 2017/1/6
N2 - Sir Joseph Banks was one of the great figures of Georgian England, best known for participating as naturalist in Cook's Endeavour voyage (1768-71), as a patron of science and as the longest-serving President of the Royal Society (1778-1820). This volume brings together all Banks's papers concerning Iceland and the North Atlantic, scattered in repositories in Britain, the United States, Australia and Denmark, and most published here for the first time. A detailed introduction places them in historical context.
AB - Sir Joseph Banks was one of the great figures of Georgian England, best known for participating as naturalist in Cook's Endeavour voyage (1768-71), as a patron of science and as the longest-serving President of the Royal Society (1778-1820). This volume brings together all Banks's papers concerning Iceland and the North Atlantic, scattered in repositories in Britain, the United States, Australia and Denmark, and most published here for the first time. A detailed introduction places them in historical context.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85132524627
U2 - 10.4324/9781315243078
DO - 10.4324/9781315243078
M3 - Book
SN - 9781908145147
BT - Sir Joseph Banks, Iceland and the North Atlantic 1772-1820 / Journals, Letters and Documents
PB - Taylor and Francis/ Balkema
ER -