| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 195 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Contents |
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 |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-182) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820.
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| SUBJECT |
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820 fast |
| Subject |
British Museum -- History
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| SUBJECT |
British Museum fast |
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Collectors and collecting -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
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Collectors and collecting -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century
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Collectors and collecting
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1851965351 |
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9781851965359 |
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128112494X |
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9781281124944 |
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9781317303640 |
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1317303644 |
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9781781441077 |
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1781441073 |
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9781317303633 |
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1317303636 |
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