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Joseph Banks and the British Museum : the world of collecting, 1770-1830 / by Neil Chambers. [electronic resource]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Pickering and Chatto, (c)2007.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 195 pages) : illustrations, portraitsContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1851965351
  • 9781851965359
  • 128112494X
  • 9781281124944
  • 9781317303640
  • 1317303644
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  • AM343
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Contents; Acknowledgments; 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.
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Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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Contents; Acknowledgments; 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.

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