Location: | Pacific |
Subject: | History; botany; Cook voyages |
Length: | 59 minutes |
Format: | 1/2-inch VHS |
Hue: | Color |
Year Released: | 1986 |
Series: | |
Director: | |
Producer: | Facets; ABC (Australia), RM Arts Munich, and TVNZ |
Distributor: | Rank |
Library Code: | UHM AV/C VIDEOTAPE 840 |
Description: | Traces the career of Joseph Banks, the botanist who accompanied Captain James Cook on his first voyage around the world, with special emphasis on the compilation of his florilegium. Also discusses the restoration of the copper plates used to print the florilegium and the printing process. |
Record No: | 643 |
Resources: | Distributors's List |
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