Joseph Banks and the British Museum: The World of Collecting, 1770-1830

ISBN-13: 9781138117587 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 210 str.

Neil Chambers

Opis

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.

Spis treści

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