Born in London in 1743, Joseph Banks was 25 years old when he joined the 'Endeavour' on its voyage to record the transit of Venus. Banks contributed £10,000, a very large sum at the time, from his own resources to undertake what was to become one of the world's most influential voyages of scientific discovery.
A fellow of the prestigious Royal Society, Joseph Banks was a keen and experienced botanist and observer. The journal he kept on the 'Endeavour' , the Australian section of which is published in this book, is preserve in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales. Illustrated with original paintings, sketches and charts 'The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks' is an intricate and lively account of this momentous voyage along Australia's east coast.
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Editor's Note
The Journal: 1st April 1770 - 26th August 1770
Some Account of that part of New Holland now called New South Wales
Sources of illustrations
