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Joseph Banks: A Life
Patrick O'Brian
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Description for Joseph Banks: A Life
paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: BG. Dimension: 215 x 140. Weight in Grams: 452.
One of our greatest writers about the sea has written an engrossing story of one of history's most legendary maritime explorers. Patrick O'Brian's biography of naturalist, explorer and co-founder of Australia, Joseph Banks, is narrative history at its finest. Published to rave reviews, it reveals Banks to be a man of enduring importance, and establishes itself as a classic of exploration. "It is in his description of that arduous three-year voyage [on the ship Endeavor] that Mr. O'Brian is at his most brilliant...He makes us understand what life within this wooden world was like, with its 94 male souls, two ... Read more
One of our greatest writers about the sea has written an engrossing story of one of history's most legendary maritime explorers. Patrick O'Brian's biography of naturalist, explorer and co-founder of Australia, Joseph Banks, is narrative history at its finest. Published to rave reviews, it reveals Banks to be a man of enduring importance, and establishes itself as a classic of exploration. "It is in his description of that arduous three-year voyage [on the ship Endeavor] that Mr. O'Brian is at his most brilliant...He makes us understand what life within this wooden world was like, with its 94 male souls, two ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Language
English
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
330
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226616285
SKU
V9780226616285
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