Sir Joseph Banks was not a passenger on the First Fleet. He was botanist with Captain James Cook when Cook charted the east coast of Australia in 1770. His purpose was to record and classify new species of plants found on Cook's journey. While in Australia, 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 also strongly in favour of British settlement and the colonisation of Australia.
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No. Sir Joseph Banks was not a passenger on the First Fleet. He was botanist with Captain James Cook when Cook charted the east coast of Australia in 1770. His purpose was to record and classify new species of plants found on Cook's journey. While in Australia, 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 also strongly in favour of British settlement and the colonisation of Australia.
Joseph Banks
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It was Sir Joseph Banks who actually was the first European to make notes on the kangaroo. Banks travelled with James Cook on the Endeavour.
No, Sir Joseph Banks was an English born botanist who travelled on Captain James Cook's first voyage from 1768 to 1771. He is credited with the discovery by western science of many of Australia's unique plants, many of which bear his name.
Charles Darwin would be one, as is Joseph Banks. In antiquity, Pliny was one who left useful observations.
No. The kangaroo was first noted and described by Sir Joseph Banks, who travelled with James Cook in 1769-1770.
As far as we know from records, botanist Sir Joseph Banks, who travelled with James Cook in 1769-1770, was the first European to see kangaroos.
There were three scientists (specifically botanists) aboard James Cook's ship during his first voyage: Sir Joseph Banks, and Swedish and Finnish botanists Daniel Solander and Dr Herman Spöring. The answer to the question is Joseph Banks.
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