Joseph Banks And the British Museum
Subtitle: The World of Collecting 1770-1830
Publisher: Pickering & Chatto Publishers
Published: January 30, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9781851968589
Subjects: Antiques & Collectables; British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900; Museums & Museology; c 1700 to c 1800; Biography & Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; United Kingdom, Great Britain; Science; Science/Mathematics; Europe - Great Britain - General; Historical - General; History
Description: Concentrating on the explorer and naturalist Joseph Banks (1743-1820), this book explores the early history of collections at the British Museum. Taking Banks' extraordinary career as its basis, it examines the changes that took place during a period of transition that led to collecting on an increasingly global scale.