9781742235004 - Endeavouring Banks: Exploring collections from the Endeavour voyage 1768-1771 (4 resultados)

"28.0 x 23.0cms 304pp colour illusts very good+ hardback with decorated boards (no dustwrapper as issued) The essays are"" background to the Endeavour voyage; the voyage aims & organisation; the Atlantic stage; Banks & artificial curioosities from the Endreavour voyage; the Society Islands; the material history of the Endeavour Joseph Banks at the British Library; New Zealand; exploring collections from the Endeavour voyage; the east coast of Australia; homeward bound; after the Endeavour what next for Joseph Banks.".

Hardback. 516. When English naturalist Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his historic mission into the Pacific, he took with him a team of collectors and illustrators who returned with unprecedented collections of artefacts, specimens and drawings, opening up a whole world of knowledge as yet undiscovered by Europeans. The book features original voyage specimens together with illustrations and descriptions of them, showing a rich diversity of newly discovered species. It also shows how Banks organised this material, planning but ultimately failing to publish it. The objects showcased in this book tell the story of the Endeavour voyage and its impact ahead its 250th anniversary in 2018. Original artwork from the voyage is compared with the often stylised engravings later produced in London for the official account and new material from Bank's journey is brought to life, much of which has never before been recorded in print. Endeavouring Banks also considers the work of Banks's often neglected artists - Sydney Parkinson, Herman Diedrich Sporing, and Alexander Buchan, as well as the priest Tupaia, who joined Endeavour in the Society Islands. Their surviving illustrations remain the most important body of images produced since Europeans entered this region. 2016. First edition, first printing. A fine, unmarked copy.

1st edition with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough. 304 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings and sketches, charts, documents, medals, paintings, photos, portraits.). Fp (in colour): Joseph Banks, by Benjamin West. Quarter bound, illustrated boards, cloth spine, gilt title on front board and spine. Fine (as new condition). 28.7 x 24.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Very Good. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.