Scientific correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1765-1820 / edited by Neil Chambers.

The letters of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences. Banks accompanied Captain James Cook on his first voyage on the Endeavour, was President of the Royal Society for over 40 years and advised King George III on the establishment of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, sending botanists around the world to collect specimens. These 2,215 letters cover a broad range of scientific subjects and are published in six volumes. The letters are arranged chronologically, each with a serial number which can be used to find letters to or from a particular correspondent using the calendar of correspondence and index to the voumes both published in volume 6. Volume 1 includes a biography of Banks.