Title Letters to Sir Joseph Banks : London & the Derwent 1798-1808 / David Collins ; edited with an introduction and notes by John Currey

Published Malvern, Vic. : The Colony Press, 2004

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Description 49 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : color illustrations, facsimiles ; 21 cm Summary Hobart's founder David Collins owed his appointment as lieutenant governor in part to the patronage of the British Government's scientific adviser Sir Joseph Banks. Within months of his arrival he sent Banks the first of a series of reports on the progress of the settlement. These first-time published letters offer much insight Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index Subject Collins, David, 1756-1810 -- Correspondence. Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820 -- Correspondence. Lieutenant governors -- Australia -- Tasmania -- Correspondence. SUBJECT Tasmania -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh88004479 -- 1803-1851 -- Sources Victoria -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007556 -- 1803-1804 -- Sources Genre/Form Records and correspondence. Personal correspondence. Author Currey, John E. B. Banks Society. ISBN 0949586218 :

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