Sir Joseph Banks, Iceland and the North Atlantic 1772-1820 / Journals, Letters and Documents

Sir Joseph Banks was one of the great figures of Georgian England, best known for participating as naturalist in Cook''s Endeavour voyage (1768-71), as a patron of science and as the longest-serving President of the Royal Society (1778-1820). This volume brings together all Banks''s papers concerning Iceland and the North Atlantic, scattered in repositories in Britain, the United States, Australia...