Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Joseph Banks and the British Museum : the world of collecting 1770-1830
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Pickering & Chatto
Place
Date
Circa 2007
Physical Description
xiv, 195 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
ISBN/ISSN
185196858X
9781851968589
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Content
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
App. 'A catalogue of curiosities & natural productions brought home in his majestyÆs sloop discovery from the North West Coast of America & the South Sea islands by Mr. Archibald Menzies', c. February 1796.
Public Access Text
Includes bibliographical references (p.171-182) & index.
Collection Type
Reading Room
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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