04006cam a22005537i 4500001000800000005001700008006001900025007001500044008004100059019001300100020003400113035003100147040002200178042000900200100003000209245001100239260003400250264006400284300003400348336002600382337002600408338003600434338002700470347002800497347002600525506012700551520193400678650005602612650005402668650004302722650006402765650004402829650005102873650004502924650003102969650003603000650002503036650002703061650001703088650004303105650002603148650001203174650002803186655002103214710001503235856011603250856005503366984003103421854525720201214095834.0m o d cr un ---munuu201118s2020 xna o ||| ||eng c1 a68186490 a9781460711996qEPUB :c$31.99 a(AU-CaNED)NED149138P586229 aNSL:NEDbengerda aanuc1 aKieza, Grantlee,eauthor.10aBanks. a[London] :bABC Books,c2020. 1aSydney, New South Wales :bHarperCollins Publishers,c2020. a1 online resource (496 pages) atextbtxt2rdacontent acomputerbc2rdamedia aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier avolumebnc2rdacarrier atext filebEPUBc54.0MB atext filebEPUBc54MB1 aNational edeposit: Available onsite at the National Library of AustraliafOnline access with authorization2star5AU-CaNED aLust, science, adventure -- Joseph Banks and his voyages of discovery The extraordinary life of one of the world's most famous and notorious adventurers Sir Joseph Banks was a man of passion whose influence spanned the globe. A fearless adventurer, his fascination with beautiful women was only trumped by his obsession with the natural world and his lust for scientific knowledge. Fabulously wealthy, Banks was the driving force behind monumental voyages and scientific discoveries in Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific, Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa and the Arctic. In 1768, as a galivanting young playboy, he joined Captain James Cook's Endeavour expedition to the South Pacific. Financing his own team of scientists and artists, Banks battled high seas, hailstorms, treacherous coral reefs and hostile locals to expand the world's knowledge of life on distant shores. He returned with thousands of specimens of plants and animals, generating enormous interest in Europe, while the racy accounts of his amorous adventures in Tahiti made him one of the most famous and notorious men in England. As the longest-serving president of Britain's Royal Society, Banks was perhaps the most important man in the scientific world for more than half a century. It was Banks, one of the first Europeans to set foot on Australia's east coast, who advised Britain to establish a remote penal settlement and strategic base at Botany Bay, and he eventually became the foremost expert on everything Australian. Early governors in the colony answered to him as he set about unleashing Australia's vast potential in agriculture and minerals. For decades, major British voyages of exploration around the globe only sailed with his backing. By award-winning bestselling writer Grantlee Kieza, Banks is a rich and rollicking biography of one of the most colourful and intriguing characters in the history of exploration. 7aBiography: historical, political & military.2THEMA 7aBiography: science, technology & medicine.2THEMA 7aAustralasian & Pacific history.2THEMA 7aBiography & Autobiography - Adventurers & Explorers.2BISAC 7aHistory: specific events & topics.2BIC 7aBiography & Autobiography - Historical.2BISAC 7aScience - Life Sciences - Botany.2BISAC 7aHistory of science.2THEMA 7aBotany & plant sciences.2THEMA 0aMilitaryvBiography. 0aHistoriansvBiography. 0aWar diaries. 0aAdventures and adventurersvBiography. 0aExplorersvBiography. 0aPlants. 0aPoliticiansvBiography. 0aElectronic books2 aABC Books.40zNational edeposit: Onsite at National Library of Australiauhttps://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2884166138xISD5:ANL:NED423Thumbnailuhttps://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2884166138-t aANL:NEDcNational edeposit