Correspondence [microform] : [M1193], 1800-1854
- Bib ID:
- 727600
- Format:
- Manuscript and Microform
- Author:
- Brown, Robert, 1773-1858
- Description:
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- Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]
- 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
- Series:
- Australian Joint Copying Project microform collection.
- Summary:
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His correspondence covers his botanical explorations in Australia; the captivity of Matthew Flinders in Mauritius; the publication of Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae in 1810; and the discoveries by other botanists in Australia and the East Indies. The correspondents include Sir Joseph Banks, Ferdinand Bauer, George Caley, Allan Cunningham, Matthew Flinders, Sir William Hooker, P.G. King, Sir Thomas Mitchell and Olaf Swartz.
- Biography/History:
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Robert Brown was a naturalist on the Investigator in 1801-03 and, after his return to England in 1805, he was librarian to the Linnean Society and Sir Joseph Banks.
- Notes:
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- Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales.
- National Library of Australia holds microfilm master.
- Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M1193.
- Microfilm copy of originals held by the British Library, England.
- Cited In:
- Australian Joint Copying Project handbook. Part 8 : Miscellaneous [M series], Entry 196.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1800-1854
- Other authors/contributors:
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Papers and correspondence of Robert Brown (Australian Joint Copying Project)..
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1858
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1854
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