Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: In 1766 Banks was elected to the Royal Society , and in the same year , at 23 , he accompanied Phipps to Newfoundland and Labrador with a view of studying their natural history .
Simplified: In 1766 Banks was elected to the Royal Society , and in the same year he accompanied Phipps to Newfoundland and Labrador to study their natural history .