Joseph Banks and the English Enlightenment: Useful Knowledge and Polite Culture

by John Gascoigne

Book Overview

Joseph Banks's name is attached to various plant species around the world; he was President of the Royal Society, a Privy Councillor and adviser to the English government on a range of scientific and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521542111
• ISBN13: 9780521542111
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.6"