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34 volumes (738 plates) : all color illustrations ; plates 73.5 x 57 cm, in cases 79 x 61 cm + 5 supplementary plates in separate case |
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Pts. 1-15. Australia (plates 1-337), accession no. S7578-S8892 -- Pt. 16. Brazil (plates 338-360), accession no. S8893-S8915-- Pts. 17-18. Java (plates 361-390), accession no. S9092-S9121 -- Pt. 19. Madeira (plates 391-401),accession no. S9248-S9258 -- Pts. 20-27. New Zealand (plates 402-584) Accession no. S9259-S9628 -- Pts. 32-34. Tierra del Fuego (Plates 674-738), accession no. S9949-S10013 |
| Notes |
The plates from which this edition was printed were prepared under Banks' direction by various engravers, but were never used until 1973, when a selection of them was published under the auspices of the present owner, British Museum (Natural History), as: Captain Cook's florilegium |
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Limited ed. of 100 copies |
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Supplementary plates cover Australia (plates 739-741), New Zealand (plate 742) and Tierra del Fuego (plate 743) |
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Separately published catalogue has title: Catalogue of Banks' florilegium |
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A visual reference is available in: The Florilegium of Captain Cook's first voyage to Australia, 1768-1771 : [catalogue] / compiled by Hank Ebes. Melbourne : Ebes Douwma and Sotheby's Australia, 1988. This contains small reproductions of each image |
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Digital masters held for selected items ; |
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Copyright restrictions apply |
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Captain James Cook (1728 - 1779): Most famous for his three voyages of Pacific exploration, Cook was one of very few men from the lower classes to rise to senior rank in the Royal Navy. He was killed in the Hawaiian islands during his third Pacific voyage with HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery |
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Daniel Solander (1733 - 1782): A Swedish pupil of Linnaeus, Solander came to Britain in 1760, where he was employed as an assistant at the British Musuem. He was engaged by Banks to sail with the Endeavour, and after the voyage became Banks' assistant and librarian, even declining a professorship at St Petersburg university to remain in London |
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Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820): Independently wealthy, Banks studied at Oxford and travelled to North America as a naturalist in 1766. Banks became very influential after the voyage - he was a trustee of the British Museum, ran the botanic garden at Kew, and was President of the Royal Sociey from 1778 until his death. It was on Banks' suggestion that the first Australian penal colony was founded at Botany Bay |
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Sydney Parkinson (1745 - 1771 ):Born in Scotland, Parkinson came to London in 1766 and was soon after engaged by Banks to work at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where he worked for a year before before joining the Endeavour. One of two on board artists, neither of whom survived the voyage, Parkinson died at sea shortly after leaving Java |
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The plates from which this ed. was printed were prepared under Banks' direction by various engravers, but were never used until 1973, when a selection of them was published under the auspices of the present owner, British Museum (Natural History), as: Captain Cook's florilegium |
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Exhibited: Flowers, NLA VC Display, Dec 2002- March 2003 AuCNL |
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Cook, James, 1728-1779 -- Travel -- Pictorial works.
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Endeavour (Ship)
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Botany -- Pictorial works.
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Botany -- Australia -- Pictorial works.
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Botany -- Pacific Area -- Pictorial works.
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Botanical illustration -- England.
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Engraving, English.
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Natural history.
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Voyages around the world -- History -- 18th century -- Pictorial works.
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Pictures.
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Illustrated works.
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Solander, Daniel Charles, 1733-1782.
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Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820.
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Parkinson, Sydney, 1745?-1771.
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British Museum (Natural History)
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| LC no. |
83137550 |
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