Guide to the Papers of Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet (as filmed by the AJCP), 1768-1820

Summary

Collection number:

M1192

Creator:

Banks, Joseph, Sir

Extent:

187 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Material filmed by the Australian Joint Copying Project includes correspondence on topics such as: botanical, zoological and ethnological specimens collected from the South Seas while also referring to French and Spanish voyages; Cook's voyages; the charts and plates; voyages of W. Bligh and G. Vancouver; and specimens collected in Australia, the Pacific and the East Indies

Correspondents include C.P. Thunberg, J.F. Blumenbach, P.M.A. Broussonet, A. Malaspina, Jacques-Julien H. de La Billardiere, P.B. Milius, Sir Charles Blagden, Secretary of the Royal Society; J. Matra; J. Webber; G. Nicol; W. Roxburgh and Robert Brown.

Biographical / Historical:

Naturalist and patron of science. President of the Royal Society 1778-1820.

Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), 1st Baronet (created 1781). Educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford. Fellow of Royal Society 1766. Collected plants in Newfoundland in 1766. Naturalist on first exploring voyage of Capt. Janes Cook in Endeavour, 1768-1771. President of Royal Society, 1778-1820, scientific adviser to King George III, unofficial director of Kew Gardens, Privy Councillor 1797.

The Banks Papers

Banks bequeathed his foreign correspondence to the British Museum and it was handed over by his executor, Sir Edward Knatchbull, in 1828. (MS 8094-8100). Copies of many of the remaining letters (the Dawson Turner transcripts) were deposited in the British Museum (Natural History) in 1876. The original papers were sold by Knatchbull's son, Lord Brabourne, in 1884-1886 and were dispersed all over the world, with the New South Wales Government purchasing many of the Australian papers. The British Museum purchased the correspondence with Sir Charles Blagden, Secretary of the Royal Society (MS 33272) and in 1891 Spencer G. Perceval presented the 968 letters that he had bought for ten guineas (MS 33977-33982).

Reference: W.R. Dawson, ed. The Banks letters: a calendar of the manuscript correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks preserved in the British Museum, the British Museum (Natural History) and other collections in Great Britain. (London, British Museum, 1958).

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn727585] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

British Library, 96 Euston Road, London. Collection reference: Add MS 8094-8100; Add MS 33272; Add MSS 33977-33982. For further information, see Sir Joseph Banks at the British Library (http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do)

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the British Library. For more information visit: How I use the images I order?-The British Library [https://www.bl.uk/help/how-can-i-use-the-images-i-order].

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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