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02323aam a2200361Ii 4500 001 EBC52B1A68C411EE82CCA71150ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231012010128 008 191006s2020 ctuabf b 001 0beng d 020 $a 9780300223835 020 $a 0300223838 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OCLCF $d YDXIT $d OCLCO $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 050 4 $a QH31.B36 $b M87 2020 050 4 $a D250 082 04 $a 508.092 $2 23 082 04 $a 940.2 100 1 $a Musgrave, Toby, $e author. 245 14 $a The Multifarious Mr. Banks : $b From Botany Bay to Kew, the Natural Historian Who Shaped the World / $c Toby Musgrave. 264 1 $a New Haven : $b Yale University Press, $c [2020] 300 $a xvii, 368 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (chiefly color), map (some color) ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 8 $a As official botanist on James Cook's first circumnavigation, the longest-serving president of the Royal Society, advisor to King George III, the "father of Australia," and the man who established Kew as the world's leading botanical garden, Sir Joseph Banks was integral to the English Enlightenment. Yet he has not received the recognition that his multifarious achievements deserve.0In this engaging account, Toby Musgrave reveals the true extent of Banks's contributions to science and Britain. From an early age Banks pursued his passion for natural history through study and extensive travel, most famously on the HMS Endeavour. He went on to become a pivotal figure in the advancement of British scientific, economic, and colonial interests. With his enquiring, enterprising mind and extensive network of correspondents, Banks's reputation and influence were global. Drawing widely on Banks's writings, Musgrave sheds light on Banks's profound impact on British science and empire in an age of rapid advancement. 600 10 $a Banks, Joseph, $d 1743-1820. 650 0 $a Naturalists $z Great Britain $v Biography. 650 0 $a Botanists $z Great Britain $v Biography. 650 0 $a Botanists. $2 fast 650 0 $a Naturalists. $2 fast 651 7 $a Great Britain. 655 0 $a Biographies. $2 fast 941 $a 1 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20231012013427.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EBC52B1A68C411EE82CCA71150ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search