Guide to the Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet (as filmed by the AJCP), 16 April 1768-04 March 1819

Summary

Collection number:

M2662

Creator:

Turner, Dawson, F.R.S.

Extent:

20 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:

Not for loan

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, transcribed by Dawson Turner, relating to voyages of the Resolution, Bounty, Discovery and other ships to Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.

Correspondents include Daniel Solander, Lord Sandwich, Captain James Cook, Captain William Bligh, Lieutenant. Matthew Flinders and George Caley.

All letters to Banks unless stated.

Biographical / Historical:

Dawson Turner F.R.S. (1775-1858) was a banker by profession, a well known botanist and bibliophile. He was acquainted with Banks and proposed by Robert Brown as a suitable biographer for Banks. Accordingly, in 1853, much of Banks' correspondence was made available to him. Realising the work would be extensive, Turner decided to have the papers copied, returning them and the copies to Sir Edward Knatchbull in 1848. After Turner's death his papers were sold by auction and scattered, as were Banks' papers in 1886. However, the Dawson Turner transcripts had been placed in the Botany Department of the British Museum in 1876 for the use of another biographer - where they remain.

For further information on Dawson Turner and the history of Banks' correspondence see the introduction to:

Warren R. Dawson (Editor), The Banks' letters: a calendar of the correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks. 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-vn1718740] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Formerly at Botany Library, British Museum (Natural History) Cromwell Road, London. Now known as the Natural History Museum.

For further information see Copies of the correspondence of the Rt. Hon. Sir J. Banks (https://primo-44nhm.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1s255p0/44NHM_ALMA21151023020002081).

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

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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