Series 03: Joseph Banks - Endeavour journal, 25 August 1768 - 12 July 1771 (vol. 2) - No. 0003
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Banks, Sir Joseph. - Original Manuscript Journal kept by Banks on H.M.S. Endeavour from Aug. 25, 1768, to July 12, 1771. 2 vols. 4to. Pages measure 9 1/8 in. by 7 1/8 in. ... ... ... ... ... Mitchell Librarian's Room.
(Vol. 1, from Aug. 25 1768, to Aug. 14, 1769, pp. 1-33, back of page 33 unnumbered, but contains a list of Madeira fish, this is followed by pages (numbered 1-13) of "Plants of Madeira," the back of interpolated page 13 is blank, then the Journal continues with a page numbered in error 33, and pagination continues to 62, followed by another interpolation "Electricity," pages numbered 1-13, the back of this page 13 is blank and it is followed by two blank pages, then the Journal continues with pp. 63-130, another interpolation of 11 pages, unnumbered, on "Pantes Brasieliensis," one blank page unnumbered, then pp.131-176, followed by interpolation of 6 pages unnumbered on "Plants of Terra del Fuego," 2 blank pages unnumbered, then pp. 177-214, followed by an inserted letter on quarto paper, from N. Hulme to James (sic) Banks, Esq., re orange and lemon juice, then pp. 215-437 conclude this volume.)
(Vol, 2 from Aug.15, 1769, to July 12, 1771, when he landed at Deal, contains pp.1-9, 10 is blank, other than as pencil note in Banks' handwriting: "this page missed by accident," pp. 11-301, then the pagination is wrongly numbered 202 -546 (100 having been erroneously dropped) bottom half of 546 is blank, pp. 547-67, 568 is blank, 569-72 (about three-fourths of 572 is blank, 573, 574 is blank, 575-603.)
(This journal was written from day to day, perhaps with occasional lapses, when several days' happenings were written up at one sitting. The whole journal is in the handwriting of Sir Joseph Banks. It was written on sheets of paper, folded to make margins, and the sheets were bound later, after the conclusion of the voyage.)
(After the death of Sir Joseph Banks in 1820, this journal, together with other papers, were placed in the hands of Robert Brown, who agreed to write a biography of his patron; but on account of his infirmities he was unable to do so. The material was then passed on to Dawson Turner, who had a copy made of the journal, but did nothing further towards the biography. In 1873 the manuscripts were deposited in the British Museum, where they remained until about 1885, when they were claimed and removed by Lord Brabourne.. The collection was sold in lots at auction. This journal became the property of (Sir) J. Henniker Heaton, who later sold it to Mr. Alfred Lee, of Sydney, from whom Mr. D.S. Mitchell acquired it when he bought the Lee Collection.)
Sir J.D. Hooker edited the printed version of this journal, which was published by Macmillan in London in 1896.