Journal Of The Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks During Captain Cook'S First Voyage In H.M.S. Endeavour In 1768-71 To Terra Del Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand,

By Joseph Dalton Hooker and Joseph Banks

Book Overview

An authoritative eyewitness to the Pacific's first modern encounters, Sir Joseph Banks's journal from Captain Cook's first voyage crackles with scientific curiosity and colonial consequence. A vivid record of discovery. This eighteenth-century travel journal marries the rigour of a natural history account to the immediacy of a historical exploration narrative: field-minded descriptions of plants, coasts and people sit alongside reflective notes on navigation, trade and contact. As one of the earliest scientific expedition records from the Endeavour (1768-71), Banks's pages illuminate pacific islands discovery and offer essential context for colonial Australia history, New Zealand maps, and Dutch East Indies encounters. The prose moves between brisk, factual entries and moments of close observation, so that the journal reads both as a practitioner's inventory and a human account of 1700s maritime exploration. For historians, naturalists and curious readers alike, it remains a primary source explorers turn to for firsthand evidence of Enlightenment collecting and the processes that underpinned later voyages of discovery books. Its literary and historical weight is unmistakable: this Sir Joseph Banks journal stands among foundational works that reshaped scientific practice and popular understanding in the age of discovery. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Casual readers can relish vivid scenes of coastlines and island life; classic-literature collectors and scholars gain a collectors edition travelogue valuable for study and display. Whether consulted as a natural history account, a document of 1700s maritime exploration, or as living evidence of early imperial encounters, the journal rewards repeated reading and close attention. Detailed yet readable, the journal accommodates both the casual appetite for adventure and the collector's demand for provenance and authenticity. Libraries and private shelves that collect voyages of discovery books will find a rare continuity of voice here: Banks's combination of curiosity, scepticism and precise description helped to professionalise natural history and to set standards for later scientific expedition records.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9354218784
• ISBN13: 9789354218781
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"