HIS 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Prison Ship, Joseph Banks, Botany
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The arrival of the endeavour to botany bay, april 29th, 1770. Spanish and portugal are some of the most successful travellers. Discovery and charting of terra australis/ new holland: James cook (1766-68: hms endeavour, veteran, been in the navy since a teenager, chartered the coast of newfoundland, practical ship, 100 ft long, 3 masses, only sank down 14ft, good for exploring areas where there are reefs. Joseph banks, 23 accepted in the royal society. Pays to go on voyage with cook. Dr. solander, sent by a swedish botanist. Carl linnaeus, 1775: developer of linnaen taxonomy, known for binomial nomenclature, classification of animals, key to the sexual system of plants, sent solander on the voyage, classified 10,000 (including plants and animals) Transit of venus, crosses the sun, every 273 years: believed the best place to observe that is south pacific. Reports the island of tahitit: safe habour, lots of food.
