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Sir Joseph Banks c1771-1773

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(Engraving based on portrait by Sir Joshua Reynolds, published by William Dickinson 1774)

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Endeavour
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Botany Exploration
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Endeavour

Built as a collier, Captain James Cook's ship Endeavour carried him around the world and up the east coast of Australia in 1768-71, before becoming a coal ship again.

Botany

Exploration

Banks, Joseph

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Botanist on the Endeavour who recommended Botany Bay for penal settlement.