Animals observed or collected by Joseph Banks esqr. & Doctor Solander in the voyage round the world begun August 25th 1768 ended July 12th 1771, ca. 1771 [manuscript]
- Bib ID:
- 1690019
- Format:
- Manuscript
- Author:
- Pennant, Thomas, 1726-1798
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Related Online Resources:
- Finding aid at National Library of Australia
- Access Conditions:
- Available for research. Not for loan.
- Description:
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- [ca. 1771]
- 1 v. (91 leaves + inserts)
- Summary:
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Unpublished notebook containing some of the earliest known scientific descriptions of Australian fauna, based on observations of participants in Cook's first voyage to the Pacific aboard HM Bark Endeavour. The notebook (octavo bound in vellum) summarises mostly zoological information given to Pennant by his close associates, Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Carl Solander, and by other members of the Endeavour crew. Besides references to Australian fauna, the volume contains notes about species in New Zealand, South East Asia (particularly Java) and South Africa, presumably observed by Banks and others on the return voyage. Notes about animals and birds of the North Pacific were most likely added by Pennant in later years, based on information collected on Cook's second and third voyages.
- Biography/History:
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Natural historian, scientist, traveller and Fellow of the Royal Society in London, Pennant was acquainted with all the notable scientists of his time and was a close friend of Sir Joseph Banks. Pennant was a prolific writer and his publications include The British zoology (1766), A tour of Scotland, 1769 (1771), Arctic zoology (1784). Pennant incorporated information about Australian fauna in his books A history of quadrupeds (1781) and the fourth volume of Outlines of the globe (1798).
- Notes:
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- Manuscript reference no.: MS 9138.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-517555682
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Description in the Horden House catalogue, August 1997, item 26.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1771
- Occupation:
- Exhibited:
- Selected items exhibited in: "Cook and Pacific" National Library of Australia, 19 September 2018 - 10 February 2019.
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1868 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1798
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1771
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