Sir Joseph Banks
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Harvill Press
Published: April 7, 1988
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780002723404
Subjects: Biography: general; Botany & plant sciences
First sentence: JOSEPH BANKS was born in London on 15 February 1743, and even before he possessed a Christian name the world learnt a good deal about him from the list of births in The Gentleman's Magazine: Feb 2 The Lady of Isaac Hill, Esq; deliver'd of a Son.