Record Number: 9922
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The growth of the Rhizophora also pleased me much, although I had before a very good idea of it from Rumphius, who has a very good figure of the tree in his Herb. Amboin. [v. iii. tab. 71, 72]'
Century:1700-1799
Date:26 Nov 1768
Country:n/a
Timen/a
Place:other location: At sea
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:13 Feb 1743
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Naturalist
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:n/a
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Herbarium Amboinensis
Genre:Science, Natural history, Agriculture / horticulture / husbandry, Botany
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:9922
Source:Joseph Banks
Editor:Joseph Hooker
Title:Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., K.B. PRS during Captain Cook's First Voyage in HMS Endeavour in 1768-71 to Terra del Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies etc.
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1896
Vol:n/a
Page:29
Additional Comments:
Published by MacMillan & Co. Ltd
Citation:
Joseph Banks, Joseph Hooker (ed.), Journal of the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks Bart., K.B. PRS during Captain Cook's First Voyage in HMS Endeavour in 1768-71 to Terra del Fuego, Otahite, New Zealand, Australia, the Dutch East Indies etc., (London, 1896), p. 29, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=9922, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Date of birth corrected from that given in the book (2 February 1743 O.S.)
