Person botanist naturalist
Joseph Banks
José Banks
d. 1820
botanist · naturalist
English botanist who spent 12–18 September 1768 in Madeira with Captain Cook's first expedition aboard the Endeavour, collecting 255 plant species there with Dr Solander. He later received Madeiran specimens from Francis Masson and died in London in 1820.
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- Masson (Francis) — English naturalist (Joseph Banks) to whom Masson repeatedly sent Madeiran plant specimens.
- Scientific expeditions — Naturalist on Cook's 1768 voyage who made scientific studies in Madeira.
- Cook (James) — Naturalist aboard the Endeavour who studied Madeiran natural history in 1768.
- Nurseries and acclimatisation gardens — English naturalist whose 1768 botanical exploration of Madeira revealed valuable species.
