Sir Joseph Banks was the English botanist who accompanied Cook on his voyage to Tahiti, New Zealand and Australia. While in Australia, Sir Joseph Banks, and the Swedish and Finnish botanists Daniel Solander and Dr Herman Spöring made the first major collection of Australian flora, describing many species new to science.
Banks was a passionate advocate of British settlement and colonisation of the Australian continent, as suggested by the name of botany Bay. Banks is credited with the classification and description of eucalyptus, acacia, mimosa, and the genus named after him, Banksia. He is also the one who recommended that the new colony be established at Botany Bay.
James Cook was accompanied by three botanists: Sir Joseph Banks, and Swedish and Finnish botanists Daniel Solander and Dr Herman Spöring.
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James Cook was accompanies by English botanist Sir Joseph Banks, and the Swedish and Finnish botanists Daniel Solander and Dr Herman Spöring.
James Cook was captain of the Endeavour on its 1769-1770 journey through the south Pacific. Sir Joseph Banks was the ship's Botanist.
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Sir Joseph Banks was a botanist who travelled with James Cook ship on his journey to New South Wales, arriving with Cook on 19 April 1770.
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James Cook was accompanies by English botanist Sir Joseph Banks, and the Swedish and Finnish botanists Daniel Solander and Dr Herman Spöring.
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One of the crew on Captain James Cooks ship.
there were 42 people on cooks ship
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