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.
By:
Neil Chambers
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781138117587
ISBN 10: 1138117587
Pages: 210
Publication Date: 13 April 2018
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Primary
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
List of Illustrations, Preface, Foreword, Introduction, 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, Conclusions, Epitaph, Notes, Bibliography, Appendix