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Concentrating On The Explorer And Naturalist Joseph Banks (1743-1820), This Book Explores The Early History Of Collections At The British Museum. Taking Banks' Extraordinary Career As Its Basis, It Examines The Changes That Took Place During A Period Of Transition That Led To Collecting On An Increasingly Global Scale. 1. Banks As An Early Traveller And Collector, And The British Museum -- 2. Ethnography -- 3. Natural History And Zoology -- 4. Investigating Natural History : Expanding Limits After 1800 -- 5. Earth Sciences -- 6. Libraries And Antiquities -- App. 'a Catalogue Of Curiosities & Natural Productions Brought Home In His Majesty's Sloop Discovery From The North West Coast Of America & The South Sea Islands By Mr. Archibald Menzies', C. February 1796. Neil Chambers. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 171-182) And Index.

Author

Neil Chambers

Publisher

Routledge

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781315649313

Subjects

History, Biography, Computer Science