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Correspondence

Banks' correspondence with European scientists; with Sir Charles Blagden, Secretary of the Royal Society; and a miscellaneous group of letters. Subjects include publication of the accounts and drawings of Cook's voyages, the voyages of William Bligh, George Vancouver and the French explorers of the Pacific, and botanical discoveries in Australia, Tahiti and the East Indies.

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  • "Correspondence comprising about 300 letters addressed to Banks mainly in his capacity as President of the Royal Society - AJCP handbook, pt.8, p.15."
  • "Banks' correspondence with European scientists; with Sir Charles Blagden, Secretary of the Royal Society; and a miscellaneous group of letters. Subjects include publication of the accounts and drawings of Cook's voyages, the voyages of William Bligh, George Vancouver and the French explorers of the Pacific, and botanical discoveries in Australia, Tahiti and the East Indies."@en
  • "Correspondence comprising about 300 letters addressed to Banks mainly in his capacity as President of the Royal Society. The principal correspondents are Sir Charles Blagden 1883-1805, Jonas Dryander 1782-1802, James Mario Matra 1779, 1791, Dr Daniel Solander 1773-81, Dr. James Lind 1775-95, Dr William Richardson 1803-05, Erasmus Darwin 1781-82, the Geological Society of London 1809-10, W.H. Yate 1802 and Lord Monboddo 1780, 1783. The letters largely relate to botanical matters but also concern personal matters. There is also a folder of letters with enclosures, c. 1783, sent to Banks relating to mermaids. The reel also contains an extract from the Atheaneum, 26 Dec. 1796, commenting on the publication of Banks' Endeavour journal."@en
  • "Microfilm includes: Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, transcribed by Dawson Turner, relating to voyages of the Resolution, Bounty, Discovery and other ships to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. The correspondents include Daniel Solander, Lord Sandwich, James Cook, William Bligh, Matthew Flinders and George Caley."@en
  • "Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1780-1820, and letters referring to Banks, 1771-1817, 1894 and n.d. With typescript summaries of many of the letters."

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  • "Records and correspondence"@en
  • "Records and correspondence"

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  • "Correspondence"
  • "Correspondence"@en
  • "Correspondence [M469]"@en
  • "Correspondence [M2662]"@en
  • "Correspondence [M1192]"@en
  • "[Correspondence]"

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