The Botanical Adventures of Joseph Banks

Christina Harrison

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KEW PUBLISHING
09 December 2020

Mathematics & Sciences; Botany & plant sciences

Sir Joseph Banks was a true botanical adventurer and pioneer. Not only did he reveal the flora wonders of the South Seas, New Zealand and Australia to Europan eyes, but he set Kew Gardens on its path to becoming the world's foremost botanic garden, bringing in a wealth of rare and useful plants, which had far-reaching impact.

Banks was uniquely privileged and no-one before or since has had such influence in the sphere of botany. He helped to raise botanical science to new heights and brought many new beautiful plants to Britain, which we now take for granted in our gardens.

Here, his life in botany is told through some of the intriguing objects, books and plants from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew — the place he held dear until his death in 1820.

By: Christina Harrison
Imprint: KEW PUBLISHING
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 184mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
ISBN: 9781842467152
ISBN 10: 1842467158
Pages: 128
Publication Date: 09 December 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christina Harrison is editor of Kew magazine and has degrees in Plant Ecology and Garden History. She is author of Kew's Big Trees (Kew Publishing, 2019) and co-author of Bizarre Botany (Kew Publishing, 2016) and Treasured Trees (Kew Publishing, 2015), The Botanical Treasury (Andre Deutsch, 2016) and Remarkable Trees (Thames & Hudson, 2019).

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Christina Harrison

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