Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks, FRS (February 13, 1743 – June 19, 1820) was the English naturalist and botanist on Cook's first great voyage (1768–1771) and some 75 species bear Banks' name. He is credited with the introduction to the West of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa, and the genus named after him, Banksia.

Bibliography

An excellent and finely-detailed biography of Banks was written by Patrick O'Brian. O'Brian based his characters Joseph Blaine and Stephen Maturin both to some extent on Banks (in the Aubrey–Maturin series of novels).

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Patrick O'Brian - Aubrey–Maturin series

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• O'Brian, Patrick. 1987. Joseph Banks: A Life. The Harvill Press, London. Paperback reprint, 1989. ISBN 1-86046-406-8
• Sex, Botany & Empire: The Story Of Carl Linnaeus And Joseph Banks. Columbia University Press. Patricia Fara. ISBN 0231134266 A short book about the exploits of Joseph Banks and his relationship with Carl Linneaus
• Gascoigne, John, Joseph Banks and the English Enlightenment: Useful Knowledge and Polite Culture, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1994. ISBN 0-521-45077-2 Hardback
• Gascoigne, John. 1998. Science in the Service of Empire: Joseph Banks, The British State and the Uses of Science in the Age of Revolution. Cambridge Universtiy Press. (cloth)